G-AKSK — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

July 23, 1955Accident
Before leaving Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport the pilot filed a Visual Flight Rules flight plan giving an elapsed time of 35 minutes for the flight to Eastleigh Airport, Southampton at a cruising altitude of 5,500 feet and then on to Paris. The aircraft took off at 0925LT carrying the pilot and 6 passengers.
De Havilland DH.104 Dove · 1 fatalities
The accident was the result of the pilot mistakenly shutting down the port engine instead of the starboard engine in which a serious mechanical fault had developed. This led to a rapid loss of height and although the pilot re- started the port engine the starboard engine was not shut down. The starboard engine had sustained considerable impact damage. Full accident record