Narrative:
The Viscount was being used for a semi-annual flight crew check involving a simulated two engines out emergency landing. The aircraft was approaching Ciampino runway 16R with engines no3 and 4 out when it suddenly went into a right bank, some 400 m short of the runway threshold. The Viscount struck the ground with the right wingtip and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a balked landing manoeuvre carried out below the speed limits for safe directional control of the aircraft during a critical situation that developed in the last phase of the landing in the course of a simulated emergency exercise with two power units inoperative (nos 3 nd 4) and two operative (nos. 1 and 2)."
Loss of control
accident date: 21-12-1959
type: Vickers 785D Viscount
registration: I-LIZT
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 21 December 1959 |
| Time: | 07:16 UTC |
| Type: |  Vickers 785D Viscount |
| Operator: | Alitalia |
| Registration: | I-LIZT |
| MSN: | 378 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) ( Italy)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA), Italy |
| Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA/LIRA), Italy |
The Viscount was being used for a semi-annual flight crew check involving a simulated two engines out emergency landing. The aircraft was approaching Ciampino runway 16R with engines no3 and 4 out when it suddenly went into a right bank, some 400 m short of the runway threshold. The Viscount struck the ground with the right wingtip and crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to a balked landing manoeuvre carried out below the speed limits for safe directional control of the aircraft during a critical situation that developed in the last phase of the landing in the course of a simulated emergency exercise with two power units inoperative (nos 3 nd 4) and two operative (nos. 1 and 2)."
Classification:
Simulated engine failureLoss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 64-AN/58 (84-91)Photos
accident date: 21-12-1959
type: Vickers 785D Viscount
registration: I-LIZT
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