Glasgow - Glasgow

On January 19, 1973 at 02:31 PM, Glasgow - Glasgow experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by British European Airways - BEA, with the event recorded near Mt Ben More Perthshire.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Glasgow Airport at 1422LT on a local post-maintenance test flight with two engineers and two pilots on board. The airplane flew north at an altitude of 4,000 feet under VFR mode for approximately 7 minutes and a half when the captain asked for clearance back into the Glasgow Control Zone. Less than two minutes later, while cruising in poor weather conditions (snow showers), the airplane struck the slope of Mt Ben More (3,852 feet high). The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all four occupants were killed. Crew: Walter Duward, pilot, Stan Kemp, copilot. Passengers: Paddy Quinn, engineer, Jimmy Moore, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AOHI, MSN 158, year of manufacture 1957.