ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18524
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| Date: | Saturday 29 November 1975 |
| Time: | 21:05 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AZUJ |
| MSN: | TC-1454 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) Elmdon, Birmingham -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oostende, Belgium (OST/EBOS) |
| Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (destroyed) 20/11/1975 when crashed at night at Birmingham Airport; all four persons on board (pilot, co-pilot and two passengers) were killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The accident occurred when the aircraft returned at night to its home base after an international private flight and the pilot attempted to make a landing in fog. Three unsuccessful approaches were made using the Instrument Landing System (ILS) but on each occasion the pilot made an overshoot.
After initiation of the third overshoot the aircraft lost height and struck the ground 670 feet to the right of the runway and 4,800 feet beyond the threshold. The aircraft caught fire and was destroyed. All four occupants were killed.
The report concludes that the reason for the loss of height could not be determined but in the light of the handling pilot's medical history it is considered possible that he became incapacitated and that the other pilot was unable to maintain control of the aircraft".
Registration G-AZUJ cancelled by the CAA 24/3/1977 - presumably retrospectively, as the CAA records note the aircraft as "destroyed" on 5/12/1983, eight years after the accident
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ef0440f0b61342000215/18-1976_G-AZUJ.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AZUJ.pdf
3. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/75276-29-11-75-birmingham.html
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Sep-2012 16:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2015 19:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2015 21:43 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location] |
| 20-Oct-2015 20:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2023 06:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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