Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | woensdag 1 mei 1957 |
Tijd: | 21:20 UTC |
Type: | Vickers 610 Viking 1B |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Eagle Aviation Ltd. |
Registratie: | G-AJBO |
Constructienummer: | 241 |
Bouwjaar: | 1947-09-09 (9 years 8 months) |
Aantal vlieguren: | 488 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 29 / inzittenden: 30 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 34 / inzittenden: 35 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Star Hill ( Verenigd Koninkrijk)
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Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
Soort vlucht: | Internationale charter |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK), Verenigd Koninkrijk |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Tripoli-Idris Airport (TIP/HLLT), Libië |
Beschrijving:Viking G-AJBO was on a trooping flight to Idris, Libya when it took off from Blackbushe (BBS) at 21:14 UTC. Two minutes after takeoff the crew reported .. "a port engine failure I am making a left-hand circuit to come in again". When the aircraft was turning to finals, at 1200yds from the threshold, the left wingtip struck the ground and the aircraft crashed inverted in a wood and caught fire.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the captain to maintain height and a safe flying speed when approaching to land on one engine after the failure (or suspected failure) of the port engine for reasons unknown."
Bronnen:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (100-105)
Foto's
G-AJBO
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Blackbushe Airport en Tripoli-Idris Airport bedraagt 2349 km (1468 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.