Incident Overview
Description
An Eagle Aviation Vickers Viking crashed while returning to Blackbushe Airport, United Kingdom, with an engine failure, killing 34 occupants; one survived the accident. Viking G-AJBO was on a trooping flight to Idris, Libya when it took off from Blackbushe (BBS) at 21:14 UTC. Two minutes after takeoff the crew reported .. “a port engine failure I am making a left-hand circuit to come in again”. When the aircraft was turning to finals, at 1200yds from the threshold, the left wingtip struck the ground and the aircraft crashed inverted in a wood and caught fire. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The failure of the captain to maintain height and a safe flying speed when approaching to land on one engine after the failure (or suspected failure) of the port engine for reasons unknown.”
Primary Cause
Captain’s failure to maintain height and safe flying speed when approaching to land on one engine after the failure (or suspected failure) of the port engine.Captain’s failure to maintain height and safe flying speed when approaching to land on one engine after the failure (or suspected failure) of the port engine.Share on:
