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| Date: | Monday 31 October 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3C |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways |
| Registration: | G-AGZB |
| MSN: | 12180 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Birmingham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London Heathrow |
| Birmingham | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Landing in thick fog,overshot runway and ended up in a ditch.
This was the last BEA scheduled piston-engine flight on a trunk route.
Sources:
British Pathe
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA5LTIEBHW2W182A3XGQR4MHO5T-UK-UK-DAKOTA-ON-LAST-BEA-FLIGHT-ENDS-IN-CRASH/query/Crash
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 May 1962 | G-AGZB | Channel Airways | 12 | St. Boniface Down | |
w/o |
| CFIT | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2018 16:32 | Cobar | Added |
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