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Crash of a Vickers 635 Viking 1B in Agadir

Date & Time: Dec 22, 1959
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AMGG
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Manchester – Agadir
MSN:
290
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
32
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing at Agadir Airport, the tire on the right main gear burst. The airplane swung for about 100 meters when the right main gear collapsed. The airplane came to rest on runway and was later considered as damaged beyond repair. None of the 36 occupants was injured.
Probable cause:
Tire burst and undercarriage collapsed on landing.

Crash of a Vickers 610 Viking 1B in Blackbushe: 34 killed

Date & Time: May 1, 1957 at 2220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AJBO
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Blackbushe – Tripoli
MSN:
241
YOM:
1947
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
34
Captain / Total flying hours:
6800
Captain / Total hours on type:
4800.00
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on a trooping flight from Blackbushe Airport to Idris in Tripoli and was carrying a crew of four, one supernumerary crew as passenger and thirty passengers. A few seconds after 2214LT the aircraft was observed to make its run and to take off. At 2216, it called the control tower and passed the following message, "I have got a port engine failure I am making a left-hand circuit to come in again". Having completed the downwind and base legs of this circuit, the aircraft crashed in a wood just as, or just after, it had turned onto the final approach and at a distance of about 1 200 yards from the threshold of the runway. Thirty-four of the thirty-five persons on board lost their lives.
Probable cause:
The accident was caused by 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.
Final Report:

Crash of a Vickers 610 Viking 1B in Nuremberg

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1953
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AHPO
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
London – Nuremberg
MSN:
157
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The final approach to Nuremberg Airport was completed in marginal weather conditions with a visibility below minima. After touchdown on runway 10, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest near a road. All 11 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was caused by a wrong approach configuration on part of the crew who completed the approach in poor weather conditions, reducing the visibility below minima. The aircraft landed too far down the runway, reducing the landing distance available. In such conditions, it was unable to stop within the remaining distance available.

Crash of an Avro 685 York C.1 near Potsdam: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AGNZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Berlin – London
MSN:
1227
YOM:
1946
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll, the rpm on engine number one fluctuated. The pilot-in-command continued the takeoff procedure and after rotation, during the initial climb, he shut down the engine and feathered the propeller. The crew informed ATC about his situation and elected to return to Gatow Airport when the engine number one caught fire. The situation worsened rapidly and the captain eventually decided to attempt an emergency landing in a field located north of Potsdam when the aircraft crashed. A crew member was killed while two others were injured.
Probable cause:
Fire on engine number one.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halton I Calcutta: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1950
Operator:
Registration:
G-AIAP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1354
YOM:
1946
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason. Four crew members were injured while two others were killed, the radio officer Dennis Carter and the flight engineer John Stoney.