1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident
The 1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident occurred on 6 May 1962 when a Channel Airways Douglas C-47A Dakota, registered G-AGZB and operating a scheduled passenger flight from Jersey to Portsmouth, collided with a cloud-covered hill at St Boniface Down, near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft had previously been owned by British European Airways, and was named "Robert Smith-Barry". The aircraft was destroyed, and twelve of the eighteen occupants were killed (all three crew members and nine out of 15 passengers, including three infants).
A similar Douglas C-47 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 May 1962 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | St Boniface Down, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom 50.6027°N 1.1977°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas C-47A Dakota |
| Operator | East Anglian Flying Services trading as Channel Airways |
| Registration | G-AGZB |
| Flight origin | Jersey Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Destination | Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, England |
| Passengers | 15 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Survivors | 6 |
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