1951 Ringway Dakota crash

1951 aviation accident May 2011 February 2021 1951 Ringway Dakota accident 27 March 1951 Icing leading to mechanical failure Accident DC3 Dakota (14195139929).jpg A Douglas Dakota similar to the accident aircraft Ringway, Manchester, England Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim, Northern Ireland Ringway Airport, Manchester, England 53.363 N 2.262 W region:GB inline,title 2 1 Douglas Dakota 3 Air Transport Charterhttp://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&luck=1&where=26713 ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank aerotransport.org 8 February 2018 17 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017182803/http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&luck=1&where=26713 dead G-AJVZ 0 3 1 On 27 March 1951 a Douglas Dakota 3 cargo aircraft registered G-AJVZ operated by Air Transport Charter en route from Ringway Airport, Manchester, England, to Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim, Northern Ireland, crashed shortly after takeoff following the failure of the aircraft to gain height. There were two fatalities amongst the crew on board. Accident thumb|right|The wreckage of C-47A G-AJVZ at Heyhead on the morning of 27 March 1951. The Dakota was operating a flight carrying newspapers from Ringway to Nutts Corner. During the takeoff run, there was no evidence of any problem, but the aircraft did not become airborne until near the end of the runway, which was 1400 yd m long. https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/icaosum/19510327_DC3_G-AJVZ.pdf Air Transport (Charter) (Co 1) Ltd., Dakota aircraft, G-AJVZ; crashed following take-off near Ringway Airport, Manchester on 27 March 1951, MCA Civil Aircraft Accident Report MCAP 96 ICAO Circular 24-AN/21 9 April 2025 On takeoff from Runway 06 in freezing conditions and falling snow, it swung to port, failed to climb, and struck the top of a tree in Woodhouse Lane, close to the hamlet of Heyhead, half a mile from the end of the runway. Both pilots were killed. Civil Aviation: The Ringway Dakota Accident Flight http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%202212.html 575–576 2 November 1951 Conclusion It was snowing heavily at the time of the flight and before taking off, the pilot did not take any action to clear accumulated snow from the aircraft. A post-crash investigation of the wreckage found soot deposits that were consistent with engine backfiring that could have been caused by an incorrect fuel-air mixture. Investigators also found that the carburetor intake screens in each engine were distorted in the same way that indicated that frozen snow or ice had packed the intakes, causing a serious loss of power in the engines. They concluded that the captain had failed to make use of the heat controls that would have diverted hot air into the carburetors, melting the ice. This failure caused the aircraft to lose a significant amount of engine power. The extended undercarriage and the presence of snow on the wings may have also been contributory factors.http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510327-0 ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-75-DL Dakota 3 G-AJVZ Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN) Harro Ranter aviation-safety.net 8 February 2018 References External links Manchester Airport Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1951 Category:Air Transport Charter accidents and incidents Category:Aviation accidents and incidents at Manchester Airport Category:1951 in England Category:March 1951 in the United Kingdom Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving cargo aircraft