| Date: | Sunday 19 June 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Skyways |
| Registration: | G-ALBX |
| MSN: | PC4494 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Neustadt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The no. 4 engine failed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft climbed to 550 feet when the no. 3 engines rpm dropped. Height could not be maintained and an attempt to restart no. 4 engine failed. The aircraft then crash-landed.
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