Small plane that crashed in Toronto left from Orillia, suffered engine failure: TSB

By Vanessa Tiberio

A plane is shown near the sports field at Monarch Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto on Tuesday September 16, 2025. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a team of investigators is looking into what happened when a small plane crashed in Toronto on Monday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says engine failure is to blame for a small plane crash in Toronto on Monday night.

The safety board says the Piper Cherokee aircraft was headed to Toronto's Billy Bishop airport from Orillia, Ont., when it experienced an engine failure and crash landed in a field in the city's east end just after 8 p.m.

Two passengers and one pilot were aboard the plane that landed just metres away from the goal on a sports pitch at Monarch Park Collegiate Institute.

Firefighters are seen responding to a small aircraft that crashed next to the field at Monarch Park Collegiate Institute, in Toronto, in a Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, handout image published by Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop to social media site X. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - @ChiefJessopTFS, (Mandatory Credit)

Emergency officials in Toronto say no one was injured in the crash.

Photos of the downed plane on social media show the single-engine aircraft in one piece, but angled nose-down on pavement.

The safety board says they were on scene last night assessing the crash site and have started investigating by interviewing witnesses and those involved.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 16, 2025.

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