Date:	Thursday 18 March 1971
Time:
Type:	Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
Owner/operator:	British Air Ferries - BAF
Registration:	G-APNH
MSN:	11/18333
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Le Touquet Airport (LTQ) -   France
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Southend Municipal Airport (SEN/EGMC)
Destination airport:	Le Touquet Airport (LTQ/LFAT)

Narrative:
The nosegear collapsed on touchdown in crosswind conditions. The Carvair came to a halt 1550 m from the threshold.
Repairs were considered but disregarded when the eventual cost was amortised, and the aircraft was written off some three months later.

Air Bridge 2 : the story of the use of the ATL98 Carvair / Paul A Doyle, pub 2000 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing, ISBN 09525 624 72

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