ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335054
| Date: | Sunday 15 August 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 627 Viking 1B |
| Owner/operator: | Airwork |
| Registration: | G-AIXS |
| MSN: | 234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Blackbushe -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK) |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At 09:43, 10 minutes after takeoff from Blackbushe, the captain saw oil streaming from the no. 2 engine. The propeller was feathered and the flight returned to Blackbushe. The Viking struck the ground 135yds short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was the result of the captain allowing the aircraft to stall when making a single engine approach to land. A contributory factor was the distraction of the captain's attentions by the flickering of the undercarriage red indicator lights during a critical stage of the approach."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (151-152)
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