Détails:
The Lockheed Neptune was engaged in a test flight prior to a flight to Malta. During a "touch and go" the propellers failed to go into fine pitch. The captain aborted the takeoff but overran the runway. In order not to hit a bus on the Findhorn road, he selected the undercarriage up. The nose wheel retracted, but the main wheels didn't. The plane stood on its nose and ground to a halt with one engine on fire. The crew all exited the plane without injury.
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mardi 22 janvier 1957 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Lockheed Neptune MR.1 |
| Compagnie: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Immatriculation: | WX511 |
| Numéro de série: | 426-5106 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 8 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 8 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS) ( Royaume Uni)
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| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), Royaume Uni |
| Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), Royaume Uni |
The Lockheed Neptune was engaged in a test flight prior to a flight to Malta. During a "touch and go" the propellers failed to go into fine pitch. The captain aborted the takeoff but overran the runway. In order not to hit a bus on the Findhorn road, he selected the undercarriage up. The nose wheel retracted, but the main wheels didn't. The plane stood on its nose and ground to a halt with one engine on fire. The crew all exited the plane without injury.
Sources:
» rafcommands.com» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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