ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334187
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| Date: | Friday 15 August 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B |
| Owner/operator: | Jersey Airlines |
| Registration: | G-AMYU |
| MSN: | 14017 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI/EGJB) |
The de Havilland Heron plane was on a freight flight to Guernsey when the pilot had to carry out a missed approach due to deteriorating weather. He then carried out a tailwind approach in the opposite direction and touched down on grass, next to the runway. The aircraft continued and slide sideways across a sunken road.
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photo (c) Andy Gray; Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI); August 1958
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