Liverpool – Glasgow

On March 28, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Liverpool – Glasgow experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Starways, with the event recorded near Largs Ayrshire.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a positioning flight from Liverpool-Speke Airport to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport to embark passengers for Lourdes, France. On approach, the airplane was too low and struck the Greenside Hill located near Largs. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and both captain and the stewardess were seriously injured while the copilot was killed. Crew: Geoffrey Moss, pilot, Noel C. A. Stanley, copilot, † Hilda Phillips, stewardess.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AMRB, MSN 16670/33418, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.7949°, -4.8695°.