Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 JUL 1990 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Air UK |
| Registration: | G-BCDO |
| C/n / msn: | 10234 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) (Netherlands)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS), United Kingdom |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Netherlands | |
| Flightnumber: | 872 |
The right hand main landing gear failed to lock down. A forced landing was made with the right gear retracted.
The aircraft was ferried to Norwich, withdrawn from use and scrapped there Nov. 1991.
Sources:
» Airnieuws 301 (p. 17)
» Spider nr.16 november 1995 (11-12)
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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 London-Stansted Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (194 miles).
Distance from London-Stansted Airport to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport as the crow flies is 311 km (194 miles).
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.
