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Viscount G-ALWE (the first Viscount 701 type to be manufactured) approached Manchester-Ringway Airport following a flight from Amsterdam. After a GCA (Ground Control Approach) approach, the aircraft broke through the lowest clouds and the crew continued the approach visually. The approach was uneventful until it was about 1 mile short of the runway. The aircraft was seen to enter a shallow right descending turn with a steepening bank angle. The right wingtip touched the ground and the aircraft crashed into houses 85 yards further on. It appeared that the aileron became locked when the no. 2 flap unit of the starboard wing moved away from the trailing edge member following failure of a lug and bolt of the flap fitting.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fracture, due to fatigue, of he 9/16 inch bolt holding the bottom of the No2 starboard flap unit."
accident date: 14-03-1957
type: Vickers 701 Viscount
registration: G-ALWE
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | jeudi 14 mars 1957 |
| Heure: | 13:46 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Vickers 701 Viscount |
| Compagnie: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Immatriculation: | G-ALWE |
| Numéro de série: | 4 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1952 |
| Heures de vol: | 6902 |
| Cycles: | 4553 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 15 / à bord: 15 |
| Total: | victimes: 20 / à bord: 20 |
| Victimes au sol: | victimes: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Wythenshawe ( Royaume Uni)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM), Pays-Bas |
| Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN/EGCC), Royaume Uni | |
| Numéro de vol: | 411 |
Viscount G-ALWE (the first Viscount 701 type to be manufactured) approached Manchester-Ringway Airport following a flight from Amsterdam. After a GCA (Ground Control Approach) approach, the aircraft broke through the lowest clouds and the crew continued the approach visually. The approach was uneventful until it was about 1 mile short of the runway. The aircraft was seen to enter a shallow right descending turn with a steepening bank angle. The right wingtip touched the ground and the aircraft crashed into houses 85 yards further on. It appeared that the aileron became locked when the no. 2 flap unit of the starboard wing moved away from the trailing edge member following failure of a lug and bolt of the flap fitting.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The fracture, due to fatigue, of he 9/16 inch bolt holding the bottom of the No2 starboard flap unit."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (76-87)Opérations de secours
AIB issued 3 Safety Recommendations
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accident date: 14-03-1957
type: Vickers 701 Viscount
registration: G-ALWE
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport et Manchester-Ringway Airport est de 483 km (302 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
La distance entre Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport et Manchester-Ringway Airport est de 483 km (302 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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