Statuts:	Enquête Officielle
Date:	15 NOV 1957
Heure:	22:55
Type/Sous-type:	Shorts S.45 Solent 3
Compagnie:	Aquila Airways
Immatriculation:	G-AKNU
Numéro de série:	S.1299
Année de Fabrication:
Equipage:	victimes: 8 / à bord: 8
Passagers:	victimes: 37 / à bord: 50
Total:	victimes: 45 / à bord: 58
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Chessel Down (Royaume Uni)
Phase de vol:	Inconnu (UNK)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Intern.
Aéroport de départ:	Southampton water, Royaume Uni
Aéroport de destination:	Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal

Détails:
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."

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