Incident Overview
Date: Friday 6 March 1970
Aircraft Type: Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1
Owner/operator: Bavaria Fluggesellschaft
Registration Number: D-INAH
Location: 3 km NE of St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV) –
ÿ Switzerland
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Component Affected: First stage of turbine wheel of engine number oneFirst stage of turbine wheel of engine number one
Category: Accident
An aircraft crashed due to a catastrophic turbine wheel failure on the first stage of engine number one, resulting in a loss of control and subsequent impact with snow.An aircraft crashed due to a catastrophic turbine wheel failure on the first stage of engine number one, resulting in a loss of control and subsequent impact with snow.
Description
The aircraft crashed 3 km short of runway 21 and 0,5 km left of the extended centerline into snow in an uncontrolled attitude. The 1st stage of the turbine wheel of the no. 1 engine had disintegrated.
Source of Information
http://doc.rero.ch/record/267830/files/1970-03-07.pdfhttp://doc.rero.ch/record/267830/files/1970-03-07.pdfPrimary Cause
Failed turbine wheel component disintegration.Failed turbine wheel component disintegration.Share on:
