Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 26 September 1957
Aircraft Type: Vickers 610 Viking 1B
Owner/operator: Karl Herfurtner Dsseldorf
Registration Number: D-ADEL
Location: Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) –
ÿ Spain
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft control system and landing gear.Aircraft control system and landing gear.
Category: Accident
A Viking plane experienced a sudden and uncontrolled landing due to a runway obstruction, resulting in a collision with a grove of olive trees.A Viking plane experienced a sudden and uncontrolled landing due to a runway obstruction, resulting in a collision with a grove of olive trees.
Description
The Viking plane could not be stopped on the runway and overshot through a wall into an olive grove.
Source of Information
http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1957/09/27/017.htmlhttp://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/sevilla/abc.sevilla/1957/09/27/017.htmlPrimary Cause
Runway obstruction and uncontrolled landing.Runway obstruction and uncontrolled landing.Share on:
