Flugunfall 09 NOV 1966 einer Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander G-ATCT - Oudega
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Mittwoch 9 November 1966
Zeit:13:10
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic BN2P model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
Fluggesellschaft:Britten-Norman
Kennzeichen: G-ATCT
Werknummer: 1
Baujahr: 1965-06-13 (1 year 5 months)
Betriebsstunden:546
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 1
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:2 km (1.3 Meilen) SW of Oudega (   Niederlande)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Leerflug
Flug von:Emden Airport (EME/EDWE), Deutschland
Flug nach:Southampton-Eastleigh Airport (SOU/EGHI), Großbritannien
Unfallbericht:
The Islander prototype was flown back to England following demonstration flights in Germany. It departed Emden at 11:37 and continued over the Northern part of the Netherlands in VMC at 1500 feet, above the clouds. Weather conditions in the Schiphol Control Zone were IMC so the air traffic controller advised the flight to divert to Eelde. At 12:35 the pilot reported serious compass trouble. He circled the area and began to climb to 6000 feet and later to 8700 feet in an attempt to get on top of the clouds. The airplane continued to climb to about 10.000 feet where it would have encountered severe icing conditions. Control was lost and the airplane broke up in flight. It crashed into the Ringwiel, a small lake near Oudega.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the failure of the starboard wing, as a result of overstressing during a fast descent. The descent was presumably caused by loss of control under conditions of heavy icing and turbulence, when the aircraft was flown beyond the operating limitations stipulated in its Certificate of Airworthiness."

Informationsquelle:
» Leeuwarder Courant 9-11-1966
» ICAO Digest 18-III (Circular 96)
» The Civil Aircraft Registers of Great Britain


Fotos

photo of BN-2A-Islander-G-ATCT
accident date: 09-11-1966
type: Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
registration: G-ATCT
 

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 Emden Airport to Southampton-Eastleigh Airport as the crow flies is 640 km (400 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

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.
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