Narrative:
The corporate jet aircraft was owned by The Beecham Group and operated by Autair International on a crew training flight for the first officer to complete his conversion onto the HS-125.
During a local flight from Luton Airport exercises were flown in the area, which were to be concluded with a simulated engine failure on take-off, followed by an asymmetric approach and single-engined landing. It climbed to around 300 feet before it descended and crashed onto the roof of the Vauxhall Motors factory, about half a mile west from the end of runway 26.
The accident was caused by an almost total reduction of engine power. The reason for which was not determined.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 23 December 1967 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3B |
| Operator: | Autair International Airways |
| Registration: | G-AVGW |
| MSN: | 25120 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) W of London-Luton Airport (LTN) ( United Kingdom)
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| Crash site elevation: | 160 m (525 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | London-Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW), United Kingdom |
| London-Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW), United Kingdom |
The corporate jet aircraft was owned by The Beecham Group and operated by Autair International on a crew training flight for the first officer to complete his conversion onto the HS-125.
During a local flight from Luton Airport exercises were flown in the area, which were to be concluded with a simulated engine failure on take-off, followed by an asymmetric approach and single-engined landing. It climbed to around 300 feet before it descended and crashed onto the roof of the Vauxhall Motors factory, about half a mile west from the end of runway 26.
Probable Cause:
The accident was caused by an almost total reduction of engine power. The reason for which was not determined.
Classification:
Simulated engine failureLoss of control
Sources:
» Colours in the Sky: The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation / Graham M. Simons, 1997Photos
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