Montreal - Montreal

On September 29, 1983 at 12:00 AM, Montreal - Montreal experienced a crash involving Canadair CL-215, operated by Bombardier Aerospace, with the event recorded near Montreal-Pierre-Elliott Trudeau (ex Dorval) Quebec.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a demo flight at Montreal-Dorval Airport for federal politicians and Canadair officials. Following a single engine low pass over the runway, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed near the runway end. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GKEE, MSN 1078, year of manufacture 1983.