Narrative:
The aircraft was on a return flight to Klagenfurt from Stuttgart carrying a crew of three and a cargo of flowers for the annual flower-show at Velden. At 17:52 hours GMT the flight requested landing instructions from Klagenfurt Tower, which replied: "cleared to enter traffic circuit SW 340/2 kts Runway 29 report downwind, no local traffic." At 17:58 hours following failure of the left wing in flight, the aircraft went down in flames near Krumpendorf, killing all crew members.
Probable Cause: "The accident was due to the breaking off of the left wing between the engine and the fuselage as a result of overstrain on the assembly, and fuel ignition followed."
Loss of control
» Arbeiter-Zeitung, 25-8-1957
» ICAO Circular 56-AN/51
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 24 August 1957 |
| Time: | 18:58 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18 Learstar I |
| Operator: | Helmut Horten GmbH |
| Registration: | D-COCA |
| MSN: | 18-2606 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8188 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) NW of Krumpendorf ( Austria)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS), Germany |
| Klagenfurt Airport (KLU/LOWK), Austria |
The aircraft was on a return flight to Klagenfurt from Stuttgart carrying a crew of three and a cargo of flowers for the annual flower-show at Velden. At 17:52 hours GMT the flight requested landing instructions from Klagenfurt Tower, which replied: "cleared to enter traffic circuit SW 340/2 kts Runway 29 report downwind, no local traffic." At 17:58 hours following failure of the left wing in flight, the aircraft went down in flames near Krumpendorf, killing all crew members.
Probable Cause:
Probable Cause: "The accident was due to the breaking off of the left wing between the engine and the fuselage as a result of overstrain on the assembly, and fuel ignition followed."
Classification:
Wing failureLoss of control
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson» Arbeiter-Zeitung, 25-8-1957
» ICAO Circular 56-AN/51
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport to Klagenfurt Airport as the crow flies is 442 km (276 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport to Klagenfurt Airport as the crow flies is 442 km (276 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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