PG312

On November 5, 1951 at 12:00 AM, PG312 experienced a crash involving Vickers 619 Wellington X, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Llanidloes Powys.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After performing a training flight over Wales, the crew was approaching a local airbase when he was forced to divert to another one due to poor weather conditions at destination. While diverting, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. The captain ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft and he attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft eventually crashed in a prairie located in Llanidloes. The pilot, sole on board, was killed while all four other crew members were found alive.

Aircraft reference details include registration PG312.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4482°, -3.5411°.