Blackbushe – Nice

On August 15, 1954 at 10:00 AM, Blackbushe – Nice experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Airwork - UK, with the event recorded near Blackbushe Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

37 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 37 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 32, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Ten minutes after takeoff from Blackbushe, at an altitude of 6,000 feet, an oil leak occurred on the right engine that was shot down and its propeller feathered. The crew received the permission to return to Blackbushe. On final approach, at a speed of 100 knots, the aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a field located 135 yards short of runway 26 threshold. All 37 occupants evacuated the cabin and four of them were injured, two seriously. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AIXS, MSN 234, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3242°, -0.8451°.