Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 MAR 1952 |
| Type: | Avro 685 York I |
| Operator: | Air Charter |
| Registration: | G-AMGL |
| C/n / msn: | 1354 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Hamburg (Germany) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH), Germany |
All 4 engines failed on final approach due to fuel exhaustion. A wheels-up forced landing was carried out.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
