Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Samstag 25 Dezember 1954 |
Zeit: | 03:30 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-28 |
Fluggesellschaft: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
Kennzeichen: | G-ALSA |
Werknummer: | 15943/28 |
Baujahr: | 1949-07-06 (5 years 6 months) |
Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-B6 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 11 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 24 / Insassen: 25 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 28 / Insassen: 36 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | nahe Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) ( Großbritannien)
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Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | London Airport (LHR/EGLL), Großbritannien |
Flug nach: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK), Großbritannien |
Flugnummer: | 515/034 |
Unfallbericht:The Stratocruiser was high on the approach to Prestwick. The aircraft entered a steep descent, but flare out came too late. Following a heavy landing, the plane ran onto the runway, became airborne and crashed.
The aircraft operated on a service from London to New York, with an en route stop at Glasgow.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Errors of judgement on the part of the captain in a) starting his final approach to land at too steep an angle and b) flaring out too late and too severely with the result that the aircraft sank and hit the ground short of the runway. During the flare out the aircraft passed through low cloud, thus reducing the captain's visibility. The accident was also contributed to by the failure of the first officer to carry out the order of the captain to put on the landing lights which prevented the captain from observing timeously the low cloud over the approach lights."
Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (211-219)
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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 Airport to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport as the crow flies is 521 km (326 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.