Stockholm – Perth – Heston

On April 22, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Stockholm – Perth – Heston experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, with the event recorded near Loch Lomond Dunbartonshire.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft 'Loch Invar' left Stockholm-Bromma at 0042LT bound for Heston via Perth, Scotland. After the stop in Perth, the aircraft was off course for ten miles to the west. In poor visibility, it hit a mountain slope located near Loch Lomond, killing all five occupants. Crew: Douglas S. King, pilot, D. E. Eveleigh, copilot, J. W. Elliot, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AFKD, MSN 1484, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.1562°, -4.6562°.