Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
Estado:
Fecha:19 AGO 1949
Hora:ca 12:00
Tipo:Douglas C-47A-5-DK
Operador:British European Airways - BEA
Registración: G-AHCY
Numéro de série: 12355
Año de Construcción: 1944
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 21 / Ocupantes: 29
Total:Fatalidades: 24 / Ocupantes: 32
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:24 km (15 milles) NE of Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN) (Reino Unido) show on map
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Doméstico Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport, Reino Unido
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN/EGCC), Reino Unido
Descripción:
Dakota G-AHCY departed Belfast at 10:58 for a one hour flight to Manchester. Last radio contact with the aircraft was at 11:59. The aircraft crashed into the side of a cloud-covered hill at about 1400 feet, 15 miles short of the Manchester Ringway airport.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "An error in navigation, incorrect approach procedure and failure to check the position of the aircraft accurately before the descent from a safe height."

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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