ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335688
| Date: | Thursday 10 January 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota 3 |
| Owner/operator: | Aer Lingus |
| Registration: | EI-AFL |
| MSN: | 33447/16699 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cwm Edno, Wales -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London-Northolt Airport (NHT/EGWU) |
| Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 (named 'Saint Kevin') departed Northolt Airport at 17:25 for an IFR flight to Dublin. Last radio contact with the flight was around 19:15 when the flight requested a descent. The request was granted by the Dublin controller, but the clearance was not read back by the DC-3 crew.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The encountering of a powerful down-current of air on the lee side of Snowdon which forced the aircraft down into an area of very great turbulence were through one or another of several possible causes the pilot or pilots lost control."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 38-AN/33 (28-38)
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