Accident
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 15 NOV 1957 |
| Zeit: | 22:55 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Shorts S.45 Solent 3 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Aquila Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | G-AKNU |
| Werknummer: | S.1299 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 8 / Insassen: 8 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 37 / Insassen: 50 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 45 / Insassen: 58 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Chessel Down (Großbritannien)
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| Flugphase: | Unbekannt (UNK) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Southampton water, Großbritannien |
| Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
The Aquila Airways Solent flying boat departed Southampton at 22:46 for a flight to Lisbon and Madeira. At 22:54 the crew radioed that the number 4 propeller had been feathered. While trying to return, the Solent crashed into the face of a quarry between Chessel and Brook. At impact the aircraft was banked 45 degrees to the right.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the stoppage of the No.3 engine at a time when the No.4 engine was stopped. The cause of the stoppage of the No.4 engine is unknown. The cause of the stoppage of the No.3 engine was either an electrical failure in the fuel cut-off actuator circuit or the accidental operation of the cut-off switch." Informationsquelle:
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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.
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