ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335665
| Date: | Sunday 17 February 1952 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers 614 Viking 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Hunting Air Transport |
| Registration: | G-AHPI |
| MSN: | 142 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monte la Cinta -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN) |
| Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
Viking G-AHPI flew into the north slope of the La Cinta mountain range at an altitude of 1040 m.
The airplane operated on a non-scheduled flight from Bovingdon, U.K. to Nairobi, Kenya with en route stops at Nice, France and Malta.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Imprudence on the part of the pilot, who failed to maintain a greater safety altitude during flight over Siciliy, and that, particularly, in consideration of the thundery formations present over the area. A contributory factor was the pilot's ignorance of real wind conditions on the route which led to a displacement of the actual track by 3deg with reference to that intended. The Commission finds that the flight safeguarding service provided by the D/F stations of Rome and Cagliari was accomplished with due care and that, without being asked to do so other D/F stations (Milan and Venice) transmitted bearing information."
Sources:
La Stampa 18 Feb. 1952
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