Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 FEB 1961 |
| Type: | Vickers 610 Viking 1B |
| Operator: | Kurt Conle |
| Registration: | D-BALI |
| C/n / msn: | 222 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) (Germany)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf Airport (DUS/EDDL), Germany |
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The Viking was buffeted by a gust and swerved on takeoff. The port wing struck a small building containing blind-landing equipment.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
