Date: | Tuesday 14 January 1969 |
Time: | 20:32 |
Type: | BAC One-Eleven 201AC |
Owner/operator: | British United Airways - BUA |
Registration: | G-ASJJ |
MSN: | 014 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8310 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Milano-Linate -
Italy
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Milano-Linate Airport (LIN/LIML) |
Destination airport: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The BAC One-Eleven, G-ASJJ, started the takeoff run from runway 18 and accelerated normally until a bang was heard immediately after takeoff. A captain on the jumpseat (who was supervising the route experience of the co-pilot during the flight), commented that he thought it was the no. 1 engine and advised to close the throttle a little later. The pilot-in-command then closed the throttle and lowered the nose from 12deg to 6deg pitch. The engine was shut down and the airspeed decreased from 140 knots to 115 knots. A forced landing was eventually carried out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident must be attributed to a combination of factors following a compressor bang/surge in no. 2 engine immediately after takeoff and the aircraft crashed because the crew, after fully closing no. 1 throttle in error, failed to recognise their mistake and, in addition, were not aware that the thrust of no. 2 engine had also been partially reduced after an inadvertent displacement of the relevant throttle lever."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 118-AN/88 (5-24)
'Milan crash analyzed', Flight International 19.11.1970 (774-775)
Images:
photo (c) Claudia Bianchi; Milano-Linate; January 1969
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