Statuts:
Date:	28 SEP 1957
Type/Sous-type:	de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B
Compagnie:	British European Airways - BEA
Immatriculation:	G-AOFY
Numéro de série:	14099
Année de Fabrication:	1956
Equipage:	victimes: 3 / à bord: 3
Passagers:	victimes: 0 / à bord: 0
Total:	victimes: 3 / à bord: 3
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Islay-Glenegedale Airport (ILY) (Royaume Uni)
Phase de vol:	A l'atterrissage (LDG)
Nature:	Ambulance
Aéroport de départ:	?
Aéroport de destination:	Islay-Glenegedale Airport (ILY/EGPI), Royaume Uni

Détails:
An air ambulance aircraft was ordered to fly to Port Ellen to pick up a patient in urgent need of attention. DH-114 Heron G-AOFY carried out a VDF let-down at night in low cloud and poor visibility conditions. While turning to finals the left wing struck the ground causing the aircraft to crash.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot did not appreciate that the aircraft had rapidly lost height whilst he was making a visual half circuit to land. This could not have been due to the absence of sufficient visual reference in the prevailing conditions of darkness, very low cloud and drizzle. The urgent nature of the flight is considered to have influenced the pilot's decision to land."

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