ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336799
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 January 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 610 Viking 1B |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Registration: | G-AHPK |
| MSN: | 148 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ruislip -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Glasgow-Renfrew Airport |
| London-Northolt Airport (NHT/EGWU) |
Viking G-AHPK departed Renfrew at 18:42 for a flight to Northolt. The crew contacted Northolt at 20:30, reporting 5 miles out. Following 2 or 3 failed SBA approaches the aircraft was heard flying at low altitude. The Viking plane struck trees and crashed into a ploughed field.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to the aircraft flying into trees in conditions of poor visibility while the pilot was attempting a visual or bad weather timed approach (or circuit) to the airport. The pilot committed an error of judgement in not asking for diversion to another airport after he had failed to land by the aid of the Beam. An incorrect altimeter setting cannot be dismissed as a possible contributory cause."
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