Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 AUG 1954 |
| Type: | Vickers 627 Viking 1B |
| Operator: | Airwork |
| Registration: | G-AIXS |
| C/n / msn: | 234 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Blackbushe (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK), United Kingdom |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN), France |
At 09:43, 10 minutes after takeoff from Blackbushe, the captain saw oil streaming from the no. 2 engine. The propeller was feathered and the flight returned to Blackbushe. The Viking struck the ground 135yds short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was the result of the captain allowing the aircraft to stall when making a single engine approach to land. A contributory factor was the distraction of the captain's attentions by the flickering of the undercarriage red indicator lights during a critical stage of the approach." Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (151-152)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Blackbushe Airport to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport as the crow flies is 1037 km (648 miles).
Distance from Blackbushe Airport to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport as the crow flies is 1037 km (648 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
