Date: | Tuesday 24 March 1992 |
Time: | 07:02 |
Type: | Boeing 707-321C |
Owner/operator: | Golden Star Air Cargo |
Registration: | ST-ALX |
MSN: | 18715/364 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5,5 km SE of Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH) -
Greece
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) |
Destination airport: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The aircraft deviated from the ILS localizer during a runway 33R approach and struck a 2000 feet hill (Mt. Hymettus). The pilot didn't comply with the procedures for an ILS approach and attempted a visual approach. Although the pilot confirmed established on the ILS localizer, but he was not on the localizer course. The crew decided too late to perform a missed approach.
Sources:
Flight Safety Digest / Flight Safety Foundation, March 1995(21)
ICAO Adrep Summary 6/93 (#4)
Scramble 155
Location
Images:
photo (c) George Pantalos; Mt. Hymittus; March 1992
photo (c) George Pantalos; Mt. Hymittus; March 1992
photo (c) George Pantalos; Mt. Hymittus; March 1992
photo (c) George Pantalos; Mt. Hymittus; March 1992
photo (c) George Pantalos; Mt. Hymittus; March 1992
photo (c) George Pantalos; Mt. Hymittus; March 1992
photo (c) Antonis Angelopoulos; Mt. Hymittus; 18 September 1994
photo (c) Antonis Angelopoulos; Mt. Hymittus; 18 September 1994
photo (c) Pol van Damme, via Werner Fischdick; Oostende Airport (OST); July 1990
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