Status: | |
Date: | Monday 23 January 1961 |
Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | WJ342 |
MSN: | HP67/143 |
First flight: | 1952 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport ( Kenya)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport (HKRE), Kenya |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:An engine failed during takeoff from Eastleigh Airport. The Hastings swerved onto a grass area where the undercarriage collapsed.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.