Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Jan 18, 1987, East Midlands
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on January 18, 1987 near East Midlands, Leicestershire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Ice accumulation...
- Date: January 18, 1987
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: East Midlands, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Ice accumulation degraded the handling so that the aircraft became uncontrollable above stall speed. The training captain did not use the deicing system, and airspeed was allowed to fall late in the approach.
A British Midland Airways Fokker F27 on crew training crashed short of the runway at East Midlands on 18 January 1987. All three occupants survived, and the aircraft was destroyed.