BKS Air Transport

Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador

On touchdown at Gatwick Airport, the nose gear collapsed. The airplane slid for dozen yards before coming to rest. All eight occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador

The airplane was completing a cargo flight from Deauville to London-Heathrow Airport, carrying five passengers, a crew of three and eight race horses. On final approach to runway 28R, during the last segment, the left wing dropped, causing the left wing tip to struck the ground. Control was lost, the airplane veered off runway to the left, crossed the apron and struck two parked BEA Trident before smashing in flames onto a hangar. Six occupants were killed while two others were killed as well as all eight horses. The Trident registered G-ARPT was also destroyed while the Trident registered G-ARPI was repaired.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

The crew was completing a positioning flight from Leeds-Bradford to Carlisle Airport where a delegation of farmers should be pick up on a charter flight to Hawarden. On descent, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and lost his orientation, passing over RAF Crosby at 0900LT without any visual contact with the ground. Thirty-five minutes later, ATC lost contact with the crew and the aircraft that struck the slope of Mt Croglin Fell located in the North Pennines mountains, about 7 miles southeast of Carlisle Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor with low clouds, gusty winds and heavy rain falls. Crew: H. L. Mose, pilot, A. Francis, copilot, C. N. Wildman, pilot Valerie Christian, stewardess.