Date: | Saturday 24 August 1957 |
Time: | 18:58 |
Type: | Lockheed 18 Learstar I |
Owner/operator: | Helmut Horten GmbH |
Registration: | D-COCA |
MSN: | 18-2606 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8188 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,5 km NW of Krumpendorf -
Austria
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS) |
Destination airport: | Klagenfurt Airport (KLU/LOWK) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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."
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
Arbeiter-Zeitung, 25-8-1957
ICAO Circular 56-AN/51
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