26
Mar
Handley Page Hastings C.1 – TG615
The Hastings was attempting an approach and landing using asymmetrical thrust. The aircraft undershot the runway at RAF Colerne and tou...
26
Mar
de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B – G-AOFY
An air ambulance aircraft was ordered to fly to Port Ellen to pick up a patient in urgent need of attention. DH-114 Heron G-AOFY carrie...
26
Mar
Vickers Varsity T.1 – WL640
At 14,000 feet the pilot lost control of the aircraft resulting in a dive, the aircraft then began to break up at around 1,500 feet. Th...
26
Mar
Avro Shackleton MR.1A – WB861
Wheels-up landing during a circuit detail. The Shackleton was serving with RAF 240 Sqn.
26
Mar
Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) – KN649
A serious engine fire caused the engine to fall off the wing of the Dakota. The airplane crashed and burst into flames. Captain was Fli...
26
Mar
Vickers 610 Viking 1B – G-AJBO
An Eagle Aviation Vickers Viking crashed while returning to Blackbushe Airport, United Kingdom, with an engine failure, killing 34 occu...
26
Mar
26
Mar
Vickers 701 Viscount – G-ALWE
Viscount G-ALWE (the first Viscount 701 type to be manufactured) approached Manchester-Ringway Airport following a flight from Amsterda...
26
Mar
Blackburn Beverley C.1 – XH117
About 30 minutes after departing from RAF Abingdon, fuel starvation occurred. The Beverley crashed into a farm, killing two people on t...
26
Mar
Lockheed Neptune MR.1 – WX511
The Lockheed Neptune was engaged in a test flight prior to a flight to Malta. During a "touch and go" the propellers failed to go into ...