Toronto – Muskoka

On September 26, 1984 at 11:55 AM, Toronto – Muskoka experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Air Niagara, with the event recorded near Orillia Ontario.

The flight was categorized as training 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, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson Airport at 1107LT on a training flight to Muskoka Airport. En route, while cruising at an altitude of 9,500 feet, the crew was cleared to make a low pass over Orillia Airport. Following a passage at an altitude of about 150-200 feet and a speed of 200 knots, the crew initiated a climb when, at an altitude of 1,000 feet, the aircraft banked right then got inverted and crashed in a near vertical attitude. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GXFZ, MSN 500-0032, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.5951°, -79.4015°.