| Date: | Friday 18 February 1972 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25B |
| Owner/operator: | Olympic Airways |
| Registration: | SX-ASO |
| MSN: | 25-074 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7,4 km off Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN) |
The Learjet crashed into the sea on final approach to Nice.
After a letdown at Cannes and overflying the NC NDB Antibes, the aircraft collided with the water in line with the runway centreline and 4 nm from the threshold.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Location
Images:
photo (c) Ralf P. Kokoschka; Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB); 01 June 1971
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