ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25506
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 November 1954 |
| Time: | 14:47 LT |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Nord A/B |
| Registration: | SE-BTU |
| MSN: | 2942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Sundsvall, Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden (BMA/ESSB) |
| Sundsvall–Härnösand Airport, Harnosands Airport, Sweden (SDN/ESNN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 2942 ex-RAF Oxford HN769. First civil registered 25.3.46 as G-AHFS to Airwork Ltd, Heston. Re-registered 6.6.46 to British Air Transport Ltd, Redhill. C of A 7814 issued 15.6.46. Registration cancelled as "sold to Sweden" 2.8.51. Re-registered as SE-BTU 4.9.51 to Aero Propaganda A/B, Bromma. Registered 19.5.53 to Aero Nord Sweden A/B, Bromma, Stockholm
Written off (destroyed) 24.11.54: The crew completed a newspaper delivery flight from Bromma to Sundsvall Airport and was ready to fly back to Stockholm. After takeoff from runway 34, while climbing, the twin engine continued easterly then lost height and crashed in a wooded area located 1,750 meters from the control tower. The aircraft was destroyed, a pilot was seriously injured and the second crew member was killed.
Causes: The accident was caused by an excessive climbing angle and stall with accompanying loss of altitude. The excessive climbing angle and the stall were caused partly by the fact that flight could not be maintained owing to the engine failure and partly by the fact that the aircraft's flying qualities had deteriorated as a result of snow and ice on the aircraft. Investigations also determined that the failure of the left engine during initial climb was caused by a broken intake valve. Registration SE-BTU cancelled 15.12.54.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-sundsvall-1-killed
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHFS.pdf
4. http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4933&view=previous
5. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/airspeed-consul-se-btu-croydon-1951-426952896
6. Official accident report: https://www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/import/uploads/2017/05/SE-BTU.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2011 06:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2017 22:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 20:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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