Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 OCT 1961 |
| Time: | 17:48 UTC |
| Type: | Vickers 736 Viscount |
| Operator: | British United Airways - BUA |
| Registration: | G-AODH |
| C/n / msn: | 78 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) (Germany)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Berlin (unknown airport), Germany |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany |
Visibility was poor when the Viscount approached Frankfurt. During a missed approach, the plane struck the ground alongside runway 25 and rolled to stop.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command, during the ILS approach, flew below the critical height and, in a surface visibility which was inadequate, struck the ground alongside the runway. It is probable hat a contributing factor was that at the critical moment the assistance given by the co-pilot to the pilot-in-command was erroneous and misleading." Sources:
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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.
