Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down

On April 27, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down experienced a crash involving Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Boscombe Down AFB Wiltshire.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Boscombe Down. On final approach with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the airplane banked left and right, causing a wing to drop and to struck a building. Out of control, the airplane lost height and crashed. A crew member was injured while two other occupants were killed, among them an officer from the Italian Army.

Aircraft reference details include registration XR105, MSN 6783, year of manufacture 1962.