Date: | Wednesday 16 June 1943 |
Time: | 08:35 |
Type: | Lockheed 414 Hudson VI |
Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
Registration: | FK459 |
MSN: | 6935 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) -
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS) |
Narrative:Stalled off a tight left hand turn from 800 feet on final approach to Khartoum, spun into the ground and burst into flames. Fuel starvation, probably caused by a partial air lock due to surging of petrol in near empty tanks, was thought to have caused the port engine to cut on the turn.
Sources:
For Your Tomorrow: A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 - by Errol W Martyn
rafcommands.com
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