Crash of a Vickers 610 Viking 1B in Hurlingham: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 4, 1956
Registration:
T-91
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
258
YOM:
18
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from El Palomar Airbase, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when control was lost. The twin engine aircraft crashed in a wasteland located in Hurlingham, near the airfield. Three crew members, among them both pilots, were killed while all six other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.