Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 19 NOV 1947 |
| Time: | ca 08:10 |
| Type: | Shorts S.25 Sunderland 3 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGHW |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Brightstone Down (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Hythe Seaplane Base, United Kingdom |
| Poole Seaplane Base, United Kingdom |
Crashed into high ground in low cloud and poor visibility on a flight from Hythe to Poole.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was the result of flying into high ground in conditions of low cloud and poor visibility. This must be attributed to navigational errors by the pilot." Events:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Hythe Seaplane Base to Poole Seaplane Base as the crow flies is 43 km (27 miles).
Distance from Hythe Seaplane Base to Poole Seaplane Base as the crow flies is 43 km (27 miles).
