1980 Biggin Hill Invader crash

Flight that crashed during an air show in 1980

Biggin Hill Invader crash
Accident
N3710G Invader in 1978
Date	21 September 1980 (1980-09-21)
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas A-26C-25-DT Invader
Aircraft name	Double Trouble
Operator	Euroworld
Registration	N3710G
Flight origin	Biggin Hill, United Kingdom
Occupants	7
Passengers	6
Crew	1
Fatalities	7

The Biggin Hill Invader crash was an accident involving a twin-engined Douglas A-26 Invader aircraft which crashed during an airshow on 21 September 1980. The pilot and six passengers were killed, prompting the Civil Aviation Authority to introduce rules preventing passengers from being carried during air displays.

Accident

During the Biggin Hill Battle of Britain airshow, the Invader made a fast run along the crowd line at 150 feet (46 m) then attempted to carry out either a barrel-roll or a wing over. When the aircraft was inverted the roll rate increased and it dived into the ground in the valley at the end of the runway. The pilot and the six passengers were killed.

Aircraft

The Douglas A-26 Invader was an American medium bomber built for the United States Army Air Force around 1943. It was sold after the war and was operated from England since the mid 1970s as a warbird in USAAF markings as "322612", with the nickname "Double Trouble".

References

"USAF Serial Number Search Results". cgibin.rcn.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
description for Accident Douglas A-26C Invader N3710G, 21 Sep 1980 N3710G Douglas A-26 Invader at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 4 July 2021.
"B-26 crash at Biggin Hill".
^ Stewart Tendler (22 September 1980). "Seven killed as bomber crashes at Biggin Hill". The Times. No. 60730. London. p. 1.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1980 (1980)
Jan 21 Iran Air Flight 291Feb 21 Advance Airlines Flight 4210Feb 27 China Airlines Flight 811Mar 14 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007Apr 12 Transbrasil Flight 303Apr 25 Dan-Air Flight 1008Apr 27 Thai Airways Flight 231Jun 1 Barra do Garças air disasterJun 12 Air Wisconsin Flight 965Jun 12 Aeroflot Flight Sh-88Jun 27 Itavia Flight 870Jul 8 Aeroflot Flight 4225Aug 19 Saudia Flight 163Sep 12 Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65Sep 21 Biggin Hill Invader crashNov 3 Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashNov 19 Korean Air Lines Flight 015Dec 4 Camarate air crashDec 21 Riohacha TAC Caravelle crashDec 22 Saudia Flight 162
1979 ◄ ► 1981

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1980 (1980)

Jan 21 Iran Air Flight 291Feb 21 Advance Airlines Flight 4210Feb 27 China Airlines Flight 811Mar 14 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007Apr 12 Transbrasil Flight 303Apr 25 Dan-Air Flight 1008Apr 27 Thai Airways Flight 231Jun 1 Barra do Garças air disasterJun 12 Air Wisconsin Flight 965Jun 12 Aeroflot Flight Sh-88Jun 27 Itavia Flight 870Jul 8 Aeroflot Flight 4225Aug 19 Saudia Flight 163Sep 12 Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65Sep 21 Biggin Hill Invader crashNov 3 Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashNov 19 Korean Air Lines Flight 015Dec 4 Camarate air crashDec 21 Riohacha TAC Caravelle crashDec 22 Saudia Flight 162

1979 ◄ ► 1981

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom in the 1980s
1980	Biggin Hill Invader crash (September 1980)
1981	Aer Lingus Flight 164 (May 1981) Dan-Air Flight 240 (June 1981) Bristow Helicopters Westland Wessex crash (August 1981)
1982	British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident (June 1982)*
1983	British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash (July 1983)
1985	Manchester Airport disaster (August 1985)
1986	Hindawi affair (April 1986)
1988	British Army Lynx shootdown (June 1988) British International Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N crash (July 1988) Pan Am Flight 103 (December 1988) template
1989	Kegworth air disaster (January 1989)
Accidents and incidents in Crown Dependencies and current Overseas Territories are marked with an asterisk (*). 1970–1979 ◄ 1980–1989 ► 1990–1999

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