London - Saint Peter

On January 12, 1947 at 12:00 AM, London - Saint Peter experienced a crash involving Miles M.57 Aerovan, operated by Air Contractors UK, with the event recorded near Cherbourg-Maupertus Manche.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a flight from London to Saint Peter, on Guernsey Island. Approaching the island, weather conditions worsened and the crew decided to divert to Cherbourg Airport. Few minutes later, apparently due to fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing on a beach located 15 km east of Cherbourg. The aircraft landed and rolled few dozen meters before coming to rest. All eight occupants were able to leave the cabin and were uninjured. Unfortunately, the aircraft was later partially destroyed by tide.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AIKV, MSN 6389, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.6490°, -1.4676°.