Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 19 November 1947
Aircraft Type: Short S.25 Sunderland 3
Owner/operator: British Overseas Airways Corporation – BOAC
Registration Number: G-AGHW
Location: Brightstone Down, Isle of Wight –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A flight from Hythe to Poole was lost due to encountering high ground in poor visibility conditions.A flight from Hythe to Poole was lost due to encountering high ground in poor visibility conditions.
Description
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.”
Primary Cause
Navigational errors by the pilot.Navigational errors by the pilot.Share on:
