Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 23 October 1957
Aircraft Type: Vickers 802 Viscount
Owner/operator: British European Airways – BEA
Registration Number: G-AOJA
Location: Belfast-Nutts Corner –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A Viscount G-AOJA experienced a near-miss near Belfast-Nutts Corner. The aircraft was taken over by a Precision Approach Controller due to a GCA talkdown on runway 28. After touchdown, it drifted significantly off the runway centerline, resulting in an overshoot. The aircraft crashed 1000 feet south of the western end of runway 28.A Viscount G-AOJA experienced a near-miss near Belfast-Nutts Corner. The aircraft was taken over by a Precision Approach Controller due to a GCA talkdown on runway 28. After touchdown, it drifted significantly off the runway centerline, resulting in an overshoot. The aircraft crashed 1000 feet south of the western end of runway 28.
Description
Viscount G-AOJA departed London at 15:16 GMT for a flight to Belfast-Nutts Corner. At 16:45 the flight was taken over by the Precision Approach Controller for a GCA talkdown on runway 28. Within a mile from touchdown the aircraft had drifted right of the runway centreline. An overshoot was carried out, but the aircraft crashed 1000 feet south of the western end of runway 28. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The cause of the accident was not determined.”
Primary Cause
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