Date: | Friday 10 February 1967 |
Time: | 08:00 |
Type: | Convair CV-440-11 |
Owner/operator: | Swissair |
Registration: | HB-IMF |
MSN: | 355 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 24343 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB17 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 9,5 km W of Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) -
Switzerland
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
Destination airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The CV-440 was climbing after a departure from runway 28 at Zürich-Kloten Airport, Switzerland when it collided with The Lägern, a wooded mountain of the Jura Mountains at an elevation of 791 m. The mountain was covered in clouds.
The commission unanimously comes to the following conclusion: The accident occurred because the airplane deviated from its course during a visual flight training round in the takeoff climb, entered instrument flight conditions and collided with the terrain. The reasons for this deviation could not be clearly clarified.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
Report number: | 1967/2 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Nouvelle du Rhone, 11 feb 1967 Location
Images:
photo (c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Swissair; near Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH); 10 February 1967; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); June 1962
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