Southend - Biggin Hill

On January 11, 1988 at 12:44 PM, Southend - Biggin Hill experienced a crash involving Short 330, operated by Fairflight, with the event recorded near Southend Essex.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. After being parked at Southend Airport for a long time without any maintenance and due to hydraulic problems, it was decided to ferry the aircraft from Southend to Biggin Hill. While taxiing, the nosewheel steering system failed and the crew lost control of the aircraft that veered to the left and collided with a parked British Air Ferries Vickers 806 Viscount registered G-APIM. Both pilots escaped uninjured and both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-BHWT, MSN 3049, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.5388°, 0.7128°.