ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335885
| Date: | Tuesday 8 May 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 639 Viking 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Hunting Air Travel |
| Registration: | G-AHPD |
| MSN: | 134 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD) -
 France
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD/LFBD) |
| Bovingdon RAF Station | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Viking G-AHPD took off from Bordeaux at 14:10 UTC for a flight to Bovingdon. Climbing through 50 m, the pilot throttled down to initial climbing speed. The no. 1 engine then suddenly began to lose power. This engine was shut down, propeller feathered and full power applied to the remaining no. 2 engine. Altitude could not be maintained, causing the crew to decide upon a belly landing. The aircraft slid for about 100 m before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The disconnecting of the articulated control rod of the propeller governor due to the lack of a split pin on the governor spindle and to the nut of the ball-joint of the control spindle having been unscrewed by force."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 38-AN/33 (13-14)
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