C-FONF - Fokker F-28-1000 - Air Ontario

at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)

c/n 11060 - built in 1972 for Turkish Airlines

with Air Ontario from 05/1988

w/o 3/10/89 at Dryden, Ontario - crashed on takeoff

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 de-icing was done because de-icing 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 12:09 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 5700 feet point of the 6000 feet 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, 3156 feet past the runway end and caught fire.