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Beirut – Dhahran

MSN:

1306

YOM:

1946

Location:

Dhahran

ash-Sharqīyah (الشرقية‎)

Country:

Saudi Arabia

Region:

Asia

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The four engine aircraft crash landed at Dhahran Airport. All five crew members were uninjured but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Vickers 748D Viscount in Benghazi: 36 killed

Date & Time: Aug 9, 1958 at 0115 LT

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Vickers Viscount

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Registration:

VP-YNE

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Salisbury – Léopoldville – Entebbe – Khartoum – Wadi Halfa – Benghazi – Rome – London

MSN:

102

YOM:

1956

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Captain / Total flying hours:

9158

Captain / Total hours on type:

920.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

3204

Copilot / Total hours on type:

961

Circumstances:

The flight is a scheduled service from Salisbury, Rhodesia, to London and is known as the Zambezi service. This service is operated by three crews, one crew operating from Salisbury to Entebbe, the second from Entebbe to Benina and the third from Benina to London. On 8 August this service departed from Salisbury at 0713LT and a stop was made at Ndola for traffic purposes. At Entebbe, a relief crew took over the aircraft for the sector to Benina. Stops were made at Khartoum and Wadi Halfa for refuelling and the aircraft left Wadi Halfa at 2120LT for Benina. The flight was completely uneventful and slightly ahead of schedule up to the time of the accident. At 0112 hours the aircraft was cleared into Benina control zone. At the request of the pilot, at 0114 hours, permission was given by Benina Approach Control to make a direct approach on to runway 330° Right, using the locator and the responder beacons. Between 20 and 30 seconds after this clearance had been acknowledged by the pilot the aircraft struck high ground 5,5 miles to the southeast of the aerodrome. Fire broke out on impact. Of the 7 crew and 47 passengers aboard the aircraft, 4 crew and 32 passengers were killed.

Probable cause:

The cause of the accident was that when making an approach to runway 330° Right and whilst flying in cloud, the pilot descended below the correct height thus permitting the aircraft to strike high ground. The reason why the pilot descended so low, 5,5 miles from the aerodrome, cannot be established, but the most probable cause is that he misinterpreted the reading of his altimeter. The possibility that his efficiency had been reduced by fatigue and a slight indisposition cannot be excluded.

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Crash of a Vickers 607 Valetta T.4 at RAF Leeming

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1958

Type of aircraft:

Vickers Valetta

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Registration:

WJ467

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Training

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Schedule:

Leeming - Leeming

MSN:

592

YOM:

1952

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The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Leeming and was completing local single engine circuits and bumps. After takeoff, the operating engine failed. The airplane lost speed and height and belly landed in a cornfield located at Holtby Hall next to the A1, about 3 miles north of the airbase. All three crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Pilot was Sgt M. J. Perry. Thanks to his son Roger Perry for the photos.

Probable cause:

Engine failure after takeoff while the aircraft was operated on single engine configuration. The cause of the engine failure remains unknown.

Crash of a Boeing B-52D-60-BO Stratofortress at Loring AFB: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1958

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Registration:

55-0093

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Training

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Schedule:

Loring - Loring

MSN:

17209

YOM:

1955

Location:

Loring AFB

Maine

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United States of America

Region:

North America

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The crew was completing a local training mission at Loring AFB. After several touch-and-go maneuvers, the pilots started a new approach. In poor visibility due to bad weather conditions, the airplane was too low on final and crashed in a prairie located about three miles south of the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed, eight crew members were killed while a ninth occupant was killed.
Crew:
Maj Kirkwood G, Myers, pilot,
Lt Lane L. Kittle, copilot,
Lt Leonard M. Corcaro,
Sgt Oran C. Reily,
Lt Robert F. Testerman,
Lt Leslie N. Martin Jr.,
Lt James F. Thompson,
Maj Milo C. Johnson, instructor navigator, †
Maj Moody E. Denton, pilot instructor.

Crash of a Boeing B-17G-DL Flying Fortress in La Paz

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1958

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CP-623

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32391

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1944

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Crashed while taking off from La Paz-El Alto Airport. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando in Ciudad Trujillo: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1958 at 0616 LT

Type of aircraft:

Curtiss C-46 Commando

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HI-16

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Ciudad Trujillo – Miami

MSN:

442

YOM:

1945

Flight number:

DO402

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Flight 402 departed Ciudad Trujillo on a cargo flight to Miami, Florida, with a crew of 2 aboard and no passengers. Following take-off from Runway 23 and at a height of approximately 150 ft the aircraft fell to the left of the runway, some 300 ft from the centre line and 200 to 300 ft short of the runway end. Both crew members were killed by the impact which occurred at approximately 1016 hours GMT. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.

Probable cause:

The accident was originally caused by a mechanical defect in the port engine. The immediate cause may have been that the crew, encountering difficulties, applied an abnormal procedure, apparently attempting an emergency wheels up landing and immediately thereafter trying to resume normal flight by applying full power to both engines, as there was no sign that either propeller had been feathered. It is likely that propeller overspeed or excessive decrease in pitch, or difficulties in the attempt to reoperate the defective engine, combined with critical speed at the height reached on take-off, created abnormal flight characteristics which caused the aircraft to stall and crash.

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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL Skytrain in Río Cuarto

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1958

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Registration:

T-22

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Military

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19479

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1944

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An engine failed just after rotation, causing the aircraft to stall and to crash. The occupant's fate remains unknown.

Probable cause:

Engine failure at takeoff.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson C.19 at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1958

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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Registration:

VM359

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Training

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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While conducting a training sortie, the crew reported to ATC that he lost an engine and obtained the permission to divert to RAF Cranfield for an emergency landing. Few minutes later, the left engine lost power and the captain realized it was not possible to reach the airbase so he decided to attempt an emergency landing in a field located 1,5 mile short of runway. The airplane slid for several yards and came to rest. All four crew members were uninjured but the airplane was written off.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the fuel transfer switch was OFF and the fuel tanks were near empty at the time of the accident.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL in Dhaka: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 9, 1958 at 1405 LT

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VT-CYM

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