Date: | Monday 11 January 1988 |
Time: | 12:44 |
Type: | Shorts 330-200 |
Owner/operator: | Fairflight |
Registration: | G-BHWT |
MSN: | SH.3049 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Southend Municipal Airport (SEN) -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Southend Municipal Airport (SEN/EGMC) |
Destination airport: | London-Biggin Hill Airport (BQH/EGKB) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Fairflight Shorts 330 G-BHWT had a history of hydraulic problems and was prepared for a flight to Biggin Hill for maintenance. The aircraft was taxiing to the runway when suddenly the nosegear steering failed. The aircraft entered an uncommanded left turn and collided with a stationary Vickers Viscount aircraft (G-APIM).
PROBABLE CAUSE: Corrosion within the emergency brake accumulator had allowed nitrogen to enter the main hydraulic system. In the past, the aircraft had been parked in the open for a considerable time without servicing.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 3/88 (#19)
Location
Images:
photo (c) C. Waldenmaier, via Werner Fischdick; San Francisco-International Airport, CA (SFO); May 1985
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