Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 23 AUG 1947 |
| Type: | Avro 689 Tudor 2 |
| Operator: | UK Ministry of Supply |
| Registration: | G-AGSU |
| C/n / msn: | 1235 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Woodford Airport (WFD) (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Woodford Airport (WFD/EGCD), United Kingdom |
| Woodford Airport (WFD/EGCD), United Kingdom |
Avro Tudor G-AGSU took off for a test flight and climbed to 50-80 feet. The right hand wingtip then struck the ground until the aircraft crashed into trees, ending up in a pond.
Chief Designer for the Avro Company, Roy Chadwick, was killed in the accident along with three other crew members.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Incorrect assembly of the aileron control circuit. Sources:
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Distance from Woodford Airport to Woodford Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Woodford Airport to Woodford Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
