About 1416 eastern standard time, on February 16, 1980, Redcoat Air Cargo, Ltd., Flight RY103, a Bristol Britannia 253F, crashed into a wooded area adjacent to an industrial park and residential area in Billerica, Massachusetts, about 16 miles north-northwest of Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, about 8 minutes after takeoff from runway 33L. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was degraded aerodynamic performance beyond the flight capabilities of the aircraft resulting from an accumulation of ice and snow on the airframe before takeoff and a further accumulation of ice when the aircraft was flown into moderate to severe icing conditions following takeoff.
Aircraft Accident Report - Redcoat Air Cargo, Ltd., Bristol Britannia 253F, Registration G-BRAC, Billerica, Massachusetts, February 16, 1980
1981
56 pages
Report
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