Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 AUG 1952 |
| Type: | Vickers 630 Viscount |
| Operator: | UK Ministry of Supply |
| Registration: | G-AHRF |
| C/n / msn: | 1 |
| First flight: | 1948 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) (Sudan) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
| Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS), Sudan |
The Vickers 630 Viscount prototype aircraft was being used in tropical climate tests in Khartoum. Following one of these test flights the right hand main gear leg collapsed. It appeared that the light alloy machined bracket securing the right hand main gear radius rod to the rear spar had failed and the bolt pinning the radius rod to the bracket was broken.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Khartoum-Civil Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Khartoum-Civil Airport to Khartoum-Civil Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
