Incident Overview
Date: Monday 19 January 1953
Aircraft Type: Bristol 170 Freighter 21
Owner/operator: Silver City Airways
Registration Number: G-AICM
Location: near Berlin-Tempelhof –
ÿ Germany
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft engine and fuel system.Aircraft engine and fuel system.
Category: Accident
A pilot initiated a return to base due to inclement weather, resulting in a crash landing after running out of fuel. The aircraft’s fuel supply was insufficient for the intended destination and alternate, necessitating a safe margin of fuel remaining.A pilot initiated a return to base due to inclement weather, resulting in a crash landing after running out of fuel. The aircraft’s fuel supply was insufficient for the intended destination and alternate, necessitating a safe margin of fuel remaining.
Description
Having failed to land at his destination because or bad weather, the pilot decided to return to base rather than divert to his selected alternate. While under GCA control at base, the equipment failed and the aircraft ran out of fuel and crash-landed. Subsequently, it was established that the pilot had taken off with insufficient fuel to reach his destination, divert to the alternate and land witb a safe margin of fuel remaining.
Primary Cause
Weather conditions ? inclement weather prevented landing.Weather conditions ? inclement weather prevented landing.Share on:
