ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336726
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Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1948 |
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Type: | Vickers 610 Viking 1B |
Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
Registration: | G-AIVE |
MSN: | 218 |
Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Irish Law Mountain -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | London-Northolt Airport (NHT/EGWU) |
Destination airport: | Glasgow-Renfrew Airport |
Narrative:The aircraft took off from Northolt at 18:09. At 19:46 the flight arrived over Renfrew at 4700 feet. The aircraft was then cleared for a Standard Beam Approach to Renfrew. Last radio contact was at 20:01 when the crew requested confirmation that the Outer Marker was operative. It later appeared that the aircraft had struck Irish Law Mountain a little later.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft as being flown onto high ground due to an error of judgement by the captain. Failure to receive the outer marker beacon signal was a contributory factor."
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photo (c) James T M Towill; Irish Law Mountain; 12 April 2007
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