ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332676
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Date: | Friday 19 March 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 773 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Iraqi Airways |
Registration: | YI-ACU |
MSN: | 331 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cairo International Airport (CAI) -
Egypt
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
Narrative:On approach to Cairo the gear had to be recycled a couple of times before three greens were obtained. The aircraft landed normally and taxied to the end of the runway. A 180-degree turn was made at the end, during which braking and steering failed. The Viscount ran into a row of lamp standards.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Loss of hydraulic fluid from the main reservoir due to a burst pipe.
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