Descripción:
The Viking, named "Shangani", disintegrated in flight after encountering a sudden gust of wind. It appeared that the type of grease used when fitting press fit bolts to the booms had caused corrosion nodes, thus weakening the lower starboard boom at the outboard bolt hole. The gust of wind caused a fracture of this boom outboard of Station 141, followed by the complete disintegration of the aircraft.
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | domingo 29 marzo 1953 |
| Tipo: | Vickers 616 Viking 1B |
| Operador: | Central African Airways |
| Registración: | VP-YEY |
| Numéro de série: | 168 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1947-01-07 (6 years 3 months) |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 13 / Ocupantes: 13 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Mkwaya ( Tanzania)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Blantyre-Chileka Airport (BLZ/FWCL), Malawi |
| Dar es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA), Tanzania |
The Viking, named "Shangani", disintegrated in flight after encountering a sudden gust of wind. It appeared that the type of grease used when fitting press fit bolts to the booms had caused corrosion nodes, thus weakening the lower starboard boom at the outboard bolt hole. The gust of wind caused a fracture of this boom outboard of Station 141, followed by the complete disintegration of the aircraft.
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Distance from Blantyre-Chileka Airport to Dar es Salaam International Airport as the crow flies is 1077 km (673 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Blantyre-Chileka Airport to Dar es Salaam International Airport as the crow flies is 1077 km (673 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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Vickers Viking
- 163 built
- 23rd loss
- 9th accidente fatal
- 7th worst accident (a la hora)
- 12th worst accident (actualmente)
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