Narrative:
Viscount G-AMOL departed Ronaldsway at 16:49 for a flight to Liverpool. The flight was made at flight level 70 and at 17:08 hours the aircraft was identified by Liverpool radar over Wallasey and positioned for a PPI continuous descent radar approach to runway 26. Half a mile from touchdown the radar approach was completed and the aircraft was then seen (on radar) to be just discernibly to the right of the centreline. No radio messages were received from the aircraft after the start of the talk-down. At 550 metres from the threshold, it was estimated to be at a height between 30 and 60 metres and about 40 metres to the right of the centre line. At this point witnesses saw the aircraft bank and turn to the right. The fuselage was level and the aircraft was banked almost vertically for part of the turn. When heading in approximately the opposite direction to the runway it rolled on to its back and crashed into the roof of a factory about 365 metres to the right of the extended centre line of the runway and about 550 metres from the threshold.
After penetrating the roof, the aircraft had struck a heavy steel girder which had caused it to tip "tail-over-nose". It had then come to rest the right way up on the floor of the workshop with the tail resting on the steel roof trusses. An intense fire broke out which consumed almost the whole structure of the fuselage.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft went out of control during the final stage of an approach to land but the reason for this has not been determined."
accident date: 20-07-1965
type: Vickers 701 Viscount
registration: G-AMOL
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 July 1965 |
| Type: |  Vickers 701 Viscount |
| Operator: | Cambrian Airways |
| Registration: | G-AMOL |
| MSN: | 25 |
| First flight: | 1953-12-08 (11 years 8 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20694 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 506 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 0,5 km (0.3 mls) from Liverpool International Airport (LPL) ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Isle of Man-Ronaldsway Airport (IOM/EGNS), United Kingdom |
| Liverpool International Airport (LPL/EGGP), United Kingdom |
Viscount G-AMOL departed Ronaldsway at 16:49 for a flight to Liverpool. The flight was made at flight level 70 and at 17:08 hours the aircraft was identified by Liverpool radar over Wallasey and positioned for a PPI continuous descent radar approach to runway 26. Half a mile from touchdown the radar approach was completed and the aircraft was then seen (on radar) to be just discernibly to the right of the centreline. No radio messages were received from the aircraft after the start of the talk-down. At 550 metres from the threshold, it was estimated to be at a height between 30 and 60 metres and about 40 metres to the right of the centre line. At this point witnesses saw the aircraft bank and turn to the right. The fuselage was level and the aircraft was banked almost vertically for part of the turn. When heading in approximately the opposite direction to the runway it rolled on to its back and crashed into the roof of a factory about 365 metres to the right of the extended centre line of the runway and about 550 metres from the threshold.
After penetrating the roof, the aircraft had struck a heavy steel girder which had caused it to tip "tail-over-nose". It had then come to rest the right way up on the floor of the workshop with the tail resting on the steel roof trusses. An intense fire broke out which consumed almost the whole structure of the fuselage.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft went out of control during the final stage of an approach to land but the reason for this has not been determined."
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume II, Circular 82-AN/69 (14-23)Photos
accident date: 20-07-1965
type: Vickers 701 Viscount
registration: G-AMOL
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Distance from Isle of Man-Ronaldsway Airport to Liverpool International Airport as the crow flies is 142 km (89 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Isle of Man-Ronaldsway Airport to Liverpool International Airport as the crow flies is 142 km (89 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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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