Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 08 ABR 1955 |
| Tipo: | Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador 2 |
| Operador: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Registración: | G-AMAB |
| Numéro de série: | 5224 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1952 |
| Motores: | 2 Bristol Centaurus 661 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 47 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 53 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 9 km (5.6 milles) SW of Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) (Alemania) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL), Alemania |
| London (unknown airport), Reino Unido |
Some 6 minutes after takeoff from Düsseldorf the no. 1 propeller went into reverse. The prop could not be feathered, so the pilot-in-command decided to return to the airport. The approach had to be abandoned due to low clouds and control problems. A missed approach procedure was carried out, but altitude was lost. High tension wires ahead forced the captain to extend the flaps to 20deg to lift over them. This evasive manoeuvre worked, but the aircraft then stalled and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to a) the propeller of the left-hand engine going into brake position during climb. The technical reason for this occurrence so far has not been found; b) the weather which made the approach rather difficult. In good weather conditions the landing would probably have been successful." Fuentes:
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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.
