Accident Details
A crew was completing a positioning flight from Luton to Wolverhampton. The aircraft was to carry two members of the Dowty Group, the aircraft's owner, who intended to fly to France. The aircraft was destroyed and a house was destroyed. Both crew members and one person in the house were killed; two other people on the ground were injured.
Sequence of Events
After an initial landing attempt was abandoned due to poor weather conditions, the crew climbed to 2,500 feet before initiating a second approach, which was also abandoned. During a third landing attempt, the crew failed to realize that their altitude was insufficient. The aircraft struck the roof of a house and crashed in flames 600 yards short of the threshold of runway 25.
Probable Cause
According to the official investigation, the accident resulted from a stall at a height from which recovery was not possible. The precise reason for the stall has not been established.