Paris – Birmingham

On October 7, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Birmingham experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Don Everall Aviation, with the event recorded near Birmingham West Midlands.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On final approach to Birmingham Airport, both engines failed simultaneously. The crew elected to make an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed in flames in a field located in Berkswell, about 5 miles short of runway 33 threshold. While all nine occupants were injured, the aircraft was destroyed by fire. It is believed the accident was caused by a fuel exhaustion but fuel remained probably in auxiliary tank as the aircraft caught fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AGLR, MSN 6781, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4783°, -1.8983°.