Incident Overview
Date: Monday 23 December 1957
Aircraft Type: Avro 685 York C.1
Owner/operator: Scottish Airlines
Registration Number: G-AMUN
Location: near London-Stansted Airport (STN) –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: The Avro aircraft’s flight control system and navigation equipment.The Avro aircraft’s flight control system and navigation equipment.
Category: Accident
An Avro aircraft, arriving from Malta, experienced a catastrophic crash during a third approach attempt. It was 3/4 miles short of the runway and subsequently caught fire.An Avro aircraft, arriving from Malta, experienced a catastrophic crash during a third approach attempt. It was 3/4 miles short of the runway and subsequently caught fire.
Description
The aircraft had arrived from Malta and already tried to land two times. On the third approach the Avro collided with a tree, some 3/4 mile short of the runway, and crashed in flames. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The accident was due to an error on the part of the captain in that whilst making an attempt to land he continued the approach below the critical height without sufficient visual reference to the ground.”
Primary Cause
An error by the captain, involving continued approach below critical height without sufficient visual reference to the ground.An error by the captain, involving continued approach below critical height without sufficient visual reference to the ground.Share on:
