ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page HP.82 Hermes V G-ALEU Chilbolton
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Date:Tuesday 10 April 1951
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphm model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Handley Page HP.82 Hermes V
Operator:UK Ministry of Supply
Registration: G-ALEU
MSN: HP.82/1
First flight: 1949
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Chilbolton (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The Hermes V G-ALEU was on a test flight when the no. 3 engine oversped. The propeller was feathered. The no. 1 and no. 4 engines then also suddenly failed. An emergency belly landing was carried out in a waterlogged field.

Classification:
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Air Pictorial Oct. 1965, p.371


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accident date: 10-04-1951
type: Handley Page HP.82 Hermes V
registration: G-ALEU
 
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