Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 6 July 1960 |
Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 21 |
Operator: | Silver City Airways |
Registration: | G-AIFM |
MSN: | 12773 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 47 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Blackpool Airport ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:After back-tracking along runway 08 in a surface wind reported as 260 degrees/38 knots with gusts, the aircraft overran the end of the runway and struck a wire fence on the airfield boundary.
Sources:
» Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA
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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.