Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 04 FEV 1954 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Bristol 175 Britannia 101 |
| Compagnie: | UK Ministry of Supply |
| Immatriculation: | G-ALRX |
| Numéro de série: | 12874 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1953 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 7 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 6 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 13 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Severn Estuary (Royaume Uni) |
| Phase de vol: | Inconnu (UNK) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Aéroport de départ: | ? |
| ? |
Some 7 minutes after takeoff the no. 3 engine oil temperature rose. The engine was shut down and relit when oil temperature had fallen. Following demonstration of a stall manoeuvre, the temperature again rose followed by a fire in the no. 3 engine nacelle. The fire could not be contained, so the no. 4 engine was stopped as a precautionary measure. On approach to Filton the no. 1 and 2 engines both quit. The were quickly restarted, but an emergency belly landing was made on the mud flats of the Severn Estuary.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Mechanical failure of the propeller reduction gear." Sources:
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