| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1947 |
| Time: | 08:05 |
| Type: |  Short S.25 Sunderland 3 |
| Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGHW |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brightstone Down, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Hythe Seaplane Base |
| Poole Seaplane Base | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into high ground in low cloud and poor visibility on a flight from Hythe to Poole.
OPINION: "The accident was the result of flying into high ground in conditions of low cloud and poor visibility . This must be attributed to navigational errors by the pilot."
Sources:
Isle of Wight crashes
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