Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 1 July 1948
Aircraft Type: Fiat G.212PW
Owner/operator: Avio Linee Italiane – ALI
Registration Number: I-ELSA
Location: Keerbergen Airfield – ÿ Belgium
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: Aircraft radio communication and radio navigation equipment.Aircraft radio communication and radio navigation equipment.
Category: Accident
A Fiat G.212PW aircraft operating from Milan Airport to Brussel Airport experienced difficulties due to poor visibility and weather conditions. The aircraft circled a private airfield near Keerbergen before crashing in a forest. The pilot initiated a steep turn to maintain control and reduce stall speed.A Fiat G.212PW aircraft operating from Milan Airport to Brussel Airport experienced difficulties due to poor visibility and weather conditions. The aircraft circled a private airfield near Keerbergen before crashing in a forest. The pilot initiated a steep turn to maintain control and reduce stall speed.

Description

The Fiat G.212PW operated on a passenger flight from Milan Airport, Italy to Brussel Airport, Belgium. The flight contacted the regional control centre at Beauvais, Belgium at 11:50 hours. Visibility was poor with a cloud base at approx. 100 m. In these conditions the flight crew were not able to find the airport. The crew apparently did locate the private airfield of Keerbergen. The aircraft circled the airfield and until it crashed in a forest. A fire erupted. CONCLUSIONS (translated from French): Adverse weather conditions and failures in the operation of radiocommunication and radionavigation equipment have led the captain to decide an emergency landing on a makeshift airfield. To land at the beginning of the runway and not losing sight, the pilot flew a steep turn by tilting the left wing of the plane so that the roll angle put the aircraft at stall speed at low altitude.

Source of Information

https://books.google.nl/books?id=dly9axBP4O4C&lpg=PA104&ots=aTlaBzok_K&dq=%22OO-SBL%22&hl=nl&pg=PA67#v=onepagehttps://books.google.nl/books?id=dly9axBP4O4C&lpg=PA104&ots=aTlaBzok_K&dq=%22OO-SBL%22&hl=nl&pg=PA67#v=onepage

Primary Cause

Poor visibility and adverse weather conditions (cloud base) resulted in the crew’s inability to locate the airport.Poor visibility and adverse weather conditions (cloud base) resulted in the crew’s inability to locate the airport.

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