Date: | Sunday 7 March 1965 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 802 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
Registration: | G-AOHT |
MSN: | 168 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
Destination airport: | Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) |
Narrative:While the engines were being started for a freight service to Jersey, the nosewheel retracted. The nose structure and three of the propellers were severely damaged. It was considered that the undercarriage selector buttons bad been left in an intermediate position, following a retraction test. With the button in this position, undercarriage retraction would begin as soon as there was adequate hydraulic pressure in the system.
Sources:
Accidents to Aircraft - A United Kingdom Survey for the year ended 31st December 1965
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