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.jpg) VH-AAV, the King Air 200 involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 February 1980 |
| Summary | EFTO (engine failure on take-off) |
| Site | Sydney Airport 33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E / 33.94611°S 151.17722°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft King Air 200 |
| Operator | Advance Airlines |
| Call sign | ALPHA ALPHA VICTOR |
| Registration | VH-AAV |
| Flight origin | Sydney Airport |
| Destination | Temora, New South Wales |
| Occupants | 13 |
| Passengers | 12 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 13 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Advance Airlines Flight 4210 was a scheduled passenger flight which crashed at Sydney Airport on 21 February 1980, killing all 13 people on board the Advance Airlines Beech Beechcraft King Air 200.[1] After taking off on runway 25 for a scheduled flight the aircraft's left (port) engine failed and the pilot requested an emergency landing on runway 34. The plane crashed into the sea wall while attempting the emergency landing. The accident caused the greatest number of fatalities in a civil aircraft crash in Australia since MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750, a Vickers Viscount that crashed near Port Hedland in Western Australia on 31 December 1968 killing all 26 on board.[2]
- ^ "13 Die in Sydney Crash". Sydney Morning Herald. 22 February 1980.
- ^ "Ten Worst Air Crashes in Australia since 1968" (PDF). Atsb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2011.