| Date: | Monday 19 January 1970 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers 701 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Cambrian Airways |
| Registration: | G-AMOA |
| MSN: | 9 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bristol Airport (BRS) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) |
In visibility of 3 km, cloud base of 200 ft and wind 150/22 kt with moderate to severe turbulence in gusts, the aircraft made a very heavy landing. Severe creasing and structural damage to the rear fuselage resulted.
Sources:
ICAO
Location
Images:
photo (c) Caz Caswell; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); 1969
photo (c) Dave Coxon; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); 1954
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