Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 6, 1962 (12 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 6, 1962 near Saint Boniface Down Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with 12 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was...
- Date: May 6, 1962
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Saint Boniface Down Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 12
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft was flown below a safe altitude in cloudy, rainy weather.
A Channel Airways Douglas Dakota on a scheduled flight from Jersey to Portsmouth hit St Boniface Down on the Isle of Wight on 6 May 1962 in low cloud and drizzle. The aircraft burned, and 12 of the 18 people on board died, including all three crew. Five passengers were seriously injured.