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Date: | Tuesday 5 March 1957 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | Blackburn Beverley C.1 |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | XH117 |
MSN: | 1023 |
First flight: | 1956-11-07 (4 months) |
Engines: | 4 Bristol Centaurus 173 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 17 |
Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 22 |
Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Sutton Wick ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Abingdon RAF Station (ABB/EGUD), United Kingdom |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:About 30 minutes after departing from RAF Abingdon, fuel starvation occurred. The Beverley crashed into a farm, killing two people on the ground. It appeared that a valve in the fuel system had been installed backwards, causing fuel starvation early in the flight.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» UK Serials Resource Centre
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.