ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333477
| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1961 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota 4 |
| Owner/operator: | Derby Airways |
| Registration: | G-AMSW |
| MSN: | 32919/16171 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13658 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mont Canigou -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
| Perpignan Airport (PGF/LFMP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Douglas C-47 took off from Gatwick (LGW) at 20:43 UTC on a charter flight to Perpignan (PGF), France. The crew reported over Toulouse at 00:30 UTC, heading for Perpignan at FL75, and estimating an arrival over Perpignan at 01:12. In an area of intermittent rain and wind of variable forces, the plane struck a mountainside at 2200 m altitude.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a navigational error, the origin of which it was not possible to determine for lack of sufficient evidence."
Sources:
ICAO Digest 13 (Circular 69)
Location
Images:
photo (c) G. Bullock; Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ); June 1961
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