Beihan al-Qasab – Aden

On February 4, 1958 at 12:00 AM, Beihan al-Qasab – Aden experienced a crash involving Blackburn B-101 Beverley, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Beihan Shabwah (<U+0634><U+0628><U+0648><U+0629>).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 10.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after departure from Beihan al-Qasab Airport, the engine number one failed. The captain decided to return for a safe landing when, few seconds later, the engine number two failed as well. Power was increased on engines number three and four and the landing was completed at an indicated speed of 15 knots above the normal landing speed. After touchdown, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and struck a sand dune. Upon impact, it overturned and came to rest upside down. A crew member was killed while all other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XH118, MSN 1024, year of manufacture 1956.