ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336904
Date: | Saturday 23 August 1947 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro 689 Tudor 2 |
Owner/operator: | UK Ministry of Supply |
Registration: | G-AGSU |
MSN: | 1235 |
Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Woodford Airport (WFD) -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Woodford Airport (WFD/EGCD) |
Destination airport: | Woodford Airport (WFD/EGCD) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Avro Tudor G-AGSU took off for a test flight and climbed to 50-80 feet. The right hand wingtip then struck the ground until the aircraft crashed into trees, ending up in a pond.
Chief Designer for the Avro Company, Roy Chadwick, was killed in the accident along with three other crew members.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Incorrect assembly of the aileron control circuit.
Sources:
Flight International
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