London - Beauvais

On April 14, 1966 at 12:00 AM, London - Beauvais experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador, operated by Dan-Air London, with the event recorded near Beauvais Oise.

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

59 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 59 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 55, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Beauvais-Tillé Airport, the aircraft was too high on the glide after it broke out from the clouds. Rather than making a go around procedure, the crew continued the approach but landed too far down the runway 13. Unable to stop within the remaining distance of 3,500 feet, the airplane overran, lost its left main gear and nose gear and came to rest against a mount of earth. At the time of the accident, the runway surface was wet, which was considered as a contributing factor.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ALZX, MSN 5220, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.4443°, 1.8933°.