- | 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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