Vickers 619 Wellington X crash, Oct 22, 1952, Sheffield S...
Vickers 619 Wellington X accident on October 22, 1952 near Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: A navigator plotted the...
- Date: October 22, 1952
- Aircraft: Vickers 619 Wellington X
- Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A navigator plotted the wrong position while air sick, and the pilot began letting down through cloud without this being checked.
Wellington MF627 of No. 6 Air Navigation School took off from RAF Lichfield on 22 October 1952 on a navigation training flight. It flew into the ground at Rod Hill, near Ughill west of Sheffield, after the pilot descended through cloud without checking the navigator's position.