Bristol - Bristol

On March 21, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Bristol - Bristol experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Bristol Aeroplane Company, with the event recorded near Cowbridge Glamorgan.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was an MK.2 version and was recently converted to a 21 version. This flight was the second test one for the certification program. About 34 minutes after it left Bristol-Filton Airport, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Cowbridge, south of Wales. All four occupants (three Bristol's engineers and one pilot) were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHJJ, MSN 12742, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.4617°, -3.4473°.