ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332653
| Date: | Wednesday 14 April 1965 |
| Time: | 18:06 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | British United Airways - BUA |
| Registration: | G-ANTB |
| MSN: | 27207/15762 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18544 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km E of Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Weather at Jersey was deteriorating and the runway visual range was below minima. The crew decided to continue to Jersey and attempt a runway 27 approach. The first approach had to abandoned and a second approach was made during which the aircraft struck outermost pole of the approach lighting system at 58 feet height, 3000 feet short of the threshold. The DC-3 crashed into a field and caught fire. The air hostess survived the accident.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft struck the approach lighting when it was flown below the safe approach path during an approach to land in conditions of very low cloud and poor visibility, the pilot having disregarded the approach ban applied by his operations manual."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 (77-86)
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