Date: | Sunday 15 July 1956 |
Time: | 01:35 |
Type: | Convair CV-440-11 |
Owner/operator: | Swissair |
Registration: | HB-IMD |
MSN: | 335 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Shannon Airport (SNN) -
Ireland
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
Destination airport: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Convair was on delivery from San Diego to Zürich via New York, Gander and Shannon. The crew broke off their GCA runway 23 approach after establishing visual reference, and turned for a runway 05 approach. The Convair banked sharply, dropped and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Error of judgement by pilot: an abnormally steep turn onto final approach.
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.8, Circular 54-AN/49 (116)
WCAA 2nd ed. / C.Y. Kimura
Location
Images:
photo (c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Swissair; near Shannon Airport (SNN); 15 July 1956; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Swissair; near Shannon Airport (SNN); 15 July 1956; (CC:by-sa)
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