Descripción:
The Viscount was being used on a pilot conversion training flight. The pilots commenced a three-engine takeoff from Mangalore Airport, Australia. After running some 2000 feet, the aircraft swung off the runway to the right, became airborne and continued in a steeper turn to the right. This continued until the right hand wing tip struck the ground 2300 feet west of runway 22. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.
It was established that two non-surviving pilots may have survived if they had been wearing the a shoulder harness.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An error of judgement on the part of the pilot-in-command in that he took the aircraft into the air at a speed below the minimum control speed, following loss of directional control during the ground run. Some difficulty in maintaining directional control had been experienced during the takeoff run with the final loss probably occurred through nose wheel steering being relinquished as the pilot-in-command took over the controls. A factor probably contributing to this accident was the limited experience of the pilot-in-command on this type of aircraft."
accident date: 31-10-1954
type: Vickers 720 Viscount
registration: VH-TVA
accident date: 31-10-1954
type: Vickers 720 Viscount
registration: VH-TVA
accident sequence sketch
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | domingo 31 octubre 1954 |
| Hora: | 15:07 |
| Tipo: |  Vickers 720 Viscount |
| Operador: | Trans Australia Airlines - TAA |
| Registración: | VH-TVA |
| Numéro de série: | 44 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1954-08-29 (2 months) |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 154 |
| Motores: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 505 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Mangalore Airport, VIC ( Australia)
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| Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
| Naturaleza: | Entrenamiento |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Mangalore Airport, VIC (YMNG), Australia |
| Mangalore Airport, VIC (YMNG), Australia |
The Viscount was being used on a pilot conversion training flight. The pilots commenced a three-engine takeoff from Mangalore Airport, Australia. After running some 2000 feet, the aircraft swung off the runway to the right, became airborne and continued in a steeper turn to the right. This continued until the right hand wing tip struck the ground 2300 feet west of runway 22. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.
It was established that two non-surviving pilots may have survived if they had been wearing the a shoulder harness.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An error of judgement on the part of the pilot-in-command in that he took the aircraft into the air at a speed below the minimum control speed, following loss of directional control during the ground run. Some difficulty in maintaining directional control had been experienced during the takeoff run with the final loss probably occurred through nose wheel steering being relinquished as the pilot-in-command took over the controls. A factor probably contributing to this accident was the limited experience of the pilot-in-command on this type of aircraft."
Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (162-169)Fotos
accident date: 31-10-1954
type: Vickers 720 Viscount
registration: VH-TVA
accident date: 31-10-1954
type: Vickers 720 Viscount
registration: VH-TVA
accident sequence sketch
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