- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 26, 1981
Time: 1811
Location: Nailstone, England
Operator: Dan Air Services
Flight #: ?
Route: London - East Midlands
AC Type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748
Registration: G-ASPL
cn / ln: 1560
Aboard: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The the right rear door of the cargo plane detached and struck the horizontal tail plane and became lodged on the leading edge. Control was lost, and the aircraft entered a steep dive. During the dive, the wings and tail plane failed due to overstressing.
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