Fokker 28 Air Ontario
Painted by John Sidorowicz CYQT

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON MARCH 10, 1989

Air Ontario flight 1363 lasted only 15 seconds on March 10, 1989 at 12:09:40 pm.
C/n: 11060
Year built: 1972
Total airframe hrs: 20852 hours
Cycles: 23773 cycles
Crew: 3 fatalities / 4 on board
Passengers: 21 fatalities / 65 on board
Total: 24 fatalities / 69 on board

At 11.55 EST Flight 1363 departed Thunder Bay about one hour behind
schedule. The aircraft landed at Dryden at 11.39 CST. The aircraft was being
refuelled with one engine running, because of an unserviceable APU. Although a
layer of 1/8-1/4 inch of snow had accumulated on the wings, no deicing was
done because deicing with either engine running was prohibited by both Fokker
and Air Ontario. Since no external power unit was available at Dryden, the
engines couldn't be restarted in case of engine shutdown on the ground. At
12.09h CST the aircraft started it's take-off roll using the slush-covered runway
29. The Fokker settled back after the first rotation and lifted off for the second
time at the 5700ft point of the 6000ft runway. No altitude was gained and the
aircraft mushed in a nose-high attitude, striking trees. The aircraft crashed and
came to rest in a wooded area, 3156ft past the runway end and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: After a 20-month investigation, it was concluded that
"Captain Morwood, as the pilot-in-comman, must bear responsibility for the
decision to land and take off in Dryden on the day in question. However, it is
equally clear that the air transportation system failed him by allowing him to be
placed in a situation where he did not have all the necessary tools that should
have supported him in making the proper decision."

Source: AW&ST 30.03.1992(30); A301(22); Beyond aviation human factors / Maurino [et
al.] p. 57-85; ICAO Journal Sept. 1995 p. 14-17, 26 + ICAO Adrep Summary
3/89 (#18); Willem Wendt


Link to a great photo: http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=107115
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=218235


Credits
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Credits for the visual model go to Doeke Bakker and Robert Versluys.
Credits for the FDE go to Robert Versluys.
Thanks to Marco Rensen for helping me out with the animation.
Thanks to the guys at FreeFlight Design Shop for letting me use their FDE (wich
I eventually didn't use because Robert came up with his at the last moment) but
still thanks :).

Painted and information complied and uploaded by John Siorowicz (CYQT)
johnsidorowicz@hotmail.com
March 1.2002