Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 18 December 1997 |
Type: | Vickers VC10 C.1K |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | XR806 |
MSN: | 826 |
First flight: | 1965-11-26 (32 years 1 month) |
Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Conway 301 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Brize Norton (BZZ) ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:Tipped during defuelling. Damaged beyond repair & broken up for spares March 1999. Reportedly the fin fuel gauge was broken, incorrectly showing no fuel in the fin fuel tanks.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Scramble 231
Photos
accident date:
18-12-1997type: Vickers VC10-1106 C1K
registration: XR806
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.