Date: | Sunday 29 March 1981 |
Time: | 19:53 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1329 JetStar I |
Owner/operator: | Alco Aviation |
Registration: | N267L |
MSN: | 5067 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4777 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | London-Luton Airport (LTN) -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Hassi Messaoud-Oued Irara Airport (HME/DAUH) |
Destination airport: | London-Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) |
Investigating agency: | AIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Touched down beyond the runway 08 touchdown zone, overran, became airborne over a 10 m deep escarpment and struck the ground. The JetStar was on a nighttime non-precision approach without sufficient visual reference following a flight from Lagos (LOS), Nigeria via Hassi Messaoud (HME), Algeria.
CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the commander's action in attempting a landing from a non-precision approach without sufficient visual reference."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AIB |
Report number: | AAR 6/1982 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
AIB AAR 6/82
Location
Images:
photo (c) Gordon Wilson; near London-Luton Airport (LTN); 30 March 1981
photo (c) Gordon Wilson; near London-Luton Airport (LTN); 30 March 1981
photo (c) Gordon Wilson; near London-Luton Airport (LTN); 30 March 1981
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM); December 1973
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