ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336348
Date: | Friday 19 August 1949 |
Time: | 13:02 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
Registration: | G-AHCY |
MSN: | 12355 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 32 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 24 km NE of Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN) -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Belfast-Nutts Corner Airport |
Destination airport: | Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN/EGCC) |
Narrative:The BEA Douglas Dakota III departed Belfast at 11:58 for a one hour flight to Manchester.
At 12:49 the pilot contacted the duty controller at Ringway Airport and reported "Approaching from northwest at 3500 feet, descending to 1500 flying under IFR, ETA 1157 [UTC]". During the descent the aircraft flew into the side of a cloud-covered hill near Wimberry Stones 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."
Sources:
peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk Location
Images:
photo (c) RuthAS; Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN); 03 August 1949; (CC:by-sa)
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