Descripción del Accidente ASN 05 MAR 1966 Boeing 707-436 G-APFE - Mount Fuji
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:sábado 5 marzo 1966
Hora:14:15
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic B704 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 707-436
Operador:British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registración: G-APFE
Numéro de série: 17706/113
Año de Construcción: 1960
Horas Totales de la Célula:19523
Ciclos:6744
Motores: 4 Rolls-Royce Conway 508
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 113 / Ocupantes: 113
Total:Fatalidades: 124 / Ocupantes: 124
Daños en la Aeronave: Destruido
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Mount Fuji (   Japón)
Elevación del lugar del accidente: 1320 m (4331 feet) amsl
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Internacional Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japón
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong
Número de Vuelo: 911
Descripción:
BOAC Flight 911 was a scheduled service from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) via Honolulu (HNL) and Tokyo (HND). The Boeing 707 was expected to arrive at Tokyo Airport at 16:45 on 4 March. However, due to poor meteorological conditions at Tokyo and because the precision approach radar (PAR) of the GCA was out of service, it diverted to Fukuoka (FUK) and landed there at 18:00. After staying overnight at Fukuoka, Flight 911 left for Tokyo at 11:25 and landed there at 12:43. The aircraft was prepared for the next leg to Hong Kong and a flight plan was filed for a flight in accordance with the instrument flight rules via Oshima on airway JG6 to Hong Kong at FL310.
At 13:42 hours the crew contacted ATC requesting permission to start the engines and clearance for a VMC climb via Fuji-Rebel-Kushimoto. The aircraft left the ramp at 13:50. It was instructed to make "a right turn after take off", and departed Tokyo Airport at 13:58. After takeoff the aircraft flew over Gotemba City on a heading of approximately 298 deg at an altitude of approximately 4900 m and indicated airspeed of 320 to 370 knots. The aircraft, trailing white vapor, then suddenly lost altitude over the Takigahara area, and parts of the aircraft began to break away over Tsuchiyadai and Ichirimatsu. Finally over Tarobo at an altitude of approx. 2000 m, the forward fuselage broke away. The mid-aft fuselage together with the wing, making a slow flat spin to the right, crashed into a forest at the foot of Mount Fuji. The forward fuselage crashed into the forest approx. 300 m to the west of the above site and caught fire.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft suddenly encountered abnormally severe turbulence over Gotemba City which imposed a gust load considerably in excess of the design limit."

Fuentes:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume II, Circular 82-AN/69 (35-55)


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accident date: 05-03-1966
type: Boeing 707-436
registration: G-APFE
photo of Boeing-707-436-G-APFE
accident date: 05-03-1966
type: Boeing 707-436
registration: G-APFE
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 2859 km (1787 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.

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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