Date:	Wednesday 1 May 1957
Time:	21:20
Type:	Vickers 610 Viking 1B
Owner/operator:	Eagle Aviation Ltd.
Registration:	G-AJBO
MSN:	241
Year of manufacture:	1947
Total airframe hrs:	488 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 35
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Star Hill -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK)
Destination airport:	Tripoli-Idris Airport (TIP/HLLT)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
An Eagle Aviation Vickers Viking crashed while returning to Blackbushe Airport, United Kingdom, with an engine failure, killing 34 occupants; one survived the accident.

Viking G-AJBO was on a trooping flight to Idris, Libya when it took off from Blackbushe (BBS) at 21:14 UTC. Two minutes after takeoff the crew reported .. "a port engine failure I am making a left-hand circuit to come in again". When the aircraft was turning to finals, at 1200yds from the threshold, the left wingtip struck the ground and the aircraft crashed inverted in a wood and caught fire.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the captain to maintain height and a safe flying speed when approaching to land on one engine after the failure (or suspected failure) of the port engine for reasons unknown."

ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (100-105)

photo (c) Eric Tarrant; Blackbushe; 19 October 2011

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Feb-2025 09:52	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]