| Date: | Friday 19 January 1973 |
| Time: | 14:31 |
| Type: |  Vickers 802 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Registration: | G-AOHI |
| MSN: | 158 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 32677 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 56 km N of Glasgow -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Glasgow-Abbotsinch Airport (GLA/EGPF) |
| Glasgow-Abbotsinch Airport (GLA/EGPF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Viscount G-AOHI departed Glasgow at 14:22 GMT on a test flight which was to last about 15 minutes. The crew intended to carry out the flight in visual conditions. Weather conditions however, were marginal: rain and snow with 6 km visibility, 8/8 clouds at 4000 feet and strong winds (50-60 knots) at 2000 feet.
The plane had climbed to an altitude of 4000 feet when it crashed near the peak of Ben More mountain, 35 miles north of Glasgow.
CAUSE: "The aircraft struck a mountain peak whilst flying over snow covered high terrain in marginal visual meteorological conditions. Failure to maintain a safe altitude and insufficient attention to navigational procedures were contributory factors."
Accident investigation:
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Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Manchester International Airport (MAN); February 1969
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