Accident Vickers 610 Viking 1B F-BJER,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333025

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Date:	Wednesday 11 September 1963
Time:
Type:	Vickers 610 Viking 1B
Owner/operator:	Airnautic
Registration:	F-BJER
MSN:	216
Year of manufacture:	1947
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pic de la Roquette - France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Destination airport:	Perpignan Airport (PGF/LFMP)

Narrative:
The Viking crashed into the north face of the Pic de la Roquette in the Pyrenees.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause of this accident was a navigational error."

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photo (c) Christian Pinard; Pic de la Roquette; 19 November 2017