ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197517
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| Date: | Monday 2 September 1963 |
| Time: | 01:54 G.M.T |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Iberia opf. Aviaco |
| Registration: | EC-AMQ |
| MSN: | 4676 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 83 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Russ Hill, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barcelona Airport (BCN/LEBL) |
| London Garwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Iberia Flight 1120 was flying from Barcelona to Gatwick. The flight took off at 23:05 on 1 September for Gatwick. The flight was cleared for a ILS apporach and lannding on runway 09 at Gatwick. The weather at the time was drizzle, visibility 4 nautical miles and wind speed was wind 070 5 knots . During the approach, the flight decended below the glide slope. The aircraft grazed trees on top of Russ Hill. The flight crew powered up the Lockheeds four Wright 972 TC 18 DA-3 engines and safely landed at Gatwick. The aircraft had only minor damage and none of the 73 passengers and seven crew was injured in the incident.
Sources:
1. http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cx=partner-pub-8297169501225184%3Aa05n2n-tzky&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=EC-AMQ&sa=Submit&search_active=1&search=&sheadline=&search_field=datedesc&submit=&siteurl=www.airliners.net%2F
2. http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/ECAMQ.asp
3. http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/displayfullimage.asp?pimg=EC-AMQ2&ptitle=EC-AMQ%A0Lockheed%20L-1049G%20Super%20Constellation%A0Iberia%A0c/n%A04676%A01964&pcopy=B.L.King
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2019 16:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 17:35 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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