Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Jan 12, 1999 (2 killed), Sai...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on January 12, 1999 near Saint Peter-La Villiaze, Channel Islands, United Kingdom with 2 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft...
- Date: January 12, 1999
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Saint Peter-La Villiaze, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft was operated outside its load and balance limits, load distribution errors went undetected, and the crew had insufficient load management training. The approach was flown high and the aircraft stalled.
A Channel Express Fokker F27 operating a newspaper cargo flight from Luton lost control on approach to Guernsey after the crew continued a visual approach while high and with flaps and speed poorly managed. The aircraft stalled, clipped a house with its wing and crashed in a field short of the runway. Both crew were killed and the crash destroyed two houses by fire.