Washington DC - Birmingham

On April 28, 1977 at 08:38 PM, Washington DC - Birmingham experienced a crash involving BAe 125, operated by Southern Services, with the event recorded near McLean Virginia.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city 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 technical failure. The airplane departed Washington-National Airport bound for Birmingham, Alabama. Four minutes later, while climbing to an altitude of 9,300 feet, monitoring radar stations lost continuous reception of the aircraft's primary and secondary radar target information. Shortly thereafter, ground witnesses saw an explosion in the sky followed by the wreckage of the aircraft falling to the ground. the sky was overcast and light rain was falling. The four persons aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed. One residence and two automobiles were destroyed by impact and fire and several other homes were damaged by falling debris.

Aircraft reference details include registration N40PC, MSN 256010, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.9343°, -77.1776°.