Dublin - Dublin

On June 22, 1967 at 08:35 AM, Dublin - Dublin experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by Aer Lingus, with the event recorded near Ashbourne Leinster.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Viscount had departed Dublin at 06:44 GMT for a pilot conversion training flight on an IFR flight plan. The instructor planned to spend 2 hours in a sector NW of Dublin, followed by practicing circuits and landings for one hour. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft entering a vertical dive from low altitude. The plane crashed and caught fire. All three crew members were killed. Source: ASN

Aircraft reference details include registration EI-AOF, MSN 176, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.5123°, -6.3985°.