ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18837
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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation (LAC) |
| Registration: | G-AJZY |
| MSN: | 1322 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deep Mill Farm, Hyde Lane, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Torslanda Airport, Gothenburg, Sweden (GOT/ESGB) |
| Bovingdon, Hertfordshire (BNN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Handley Page Halifax C.Mk.VIII: Built for the RAF as PP238. Sold on and civil registered (C of R 11787/1; C of A 9956) 23 June 1947 as G-AJZY to Handley Page Ltd., Cricklewood, London NW.2. Registration cancelled 1 February 1948. Registration reinstated (C of R 2446/2) on 3 March 1948 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd., Samlesbury, Blackburn, Lancashire, Named "Air Monarch", and actually based at RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire.
Written off (destroyed) 8 March 1951 when crashed at Deep Mill Farm, Hyde Lane, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, killing all on board. The aircraft was en route from Torslanda Airport, Göteborg, to RAF Bovingdon with a crew of 4 and carrying 174 frozen reindeer carcases. On entering the Bovingdon area the Captain elected to use SBA for the let-down. The last instruction given to the aircraft by the Bovingdon controller was to descend to 2,000 feet and to report when over the SBA main beacon; no such report was made.
The aircraft was seen 6 miles SW of Bovingdon flying at a low altitude, and a few seconds later it struck the ground. The crew were killed instantly, fire broke out and the aircraft was totally destroyed.
Probable cause: There was insufficient evidence to determine the probable cause of the accident, however the possibility that ice formation was a contributory factor cannot be entirely dismissed.
Sources:
1. ICAO Accident Report 24-AN/21 No.16: https://www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/import/uploads/2017/04/G-AJZY.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJZY.pdf
3. http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=G-AJZY
4. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/les_halifax_ii_v_iii_vi_et_vii_/index.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-great-missenden-4-killed .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jun-2010 11:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 04:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2014 19:56 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 23:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 23:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2023 11:18 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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