| Date: | Monday 30 October 1961 |
| Time: | 17:48 |
| Type: |  Vickers 736 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | British United Airways - BUA |
| Registration: | G-AODH |
| MSN: | 78 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Berlin (unknown airport) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
Visibility was poor when the Viscount approached Frankfurt. During a missed approach, the plane struck the ground alongside runway 25 and rolled to stop.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command, during the ILS approach, flew below the critical height and, in a surface visibility which was inadequate, struck the ground alongside the runway. It is probable hat a contributing factor was that at the critical moment the assistance given by the co-pilot to the pilot-in-command was erroneous and misleading."
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