Détails:
The Handley Page Hermes was on a test flight when the controls became jammed. Eyewitnesses saw the plane descending in a series of dives and climbed until it crashed and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the elevator mechanism becoming jammed. This deprived the pilots of control of the aircraft. The jamming was due to the presence of a small extraneous object which entered the control mechanism."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | mardi 1 avril 1958 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA |
| Compagnie: | Skyways |
| Immatriculation: | G-ALDV |
| Numéro de série: | HP.81/22 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1950 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Meesden Green ( Royaume Uni)
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| Phase de vol: | En cours de manoeuvre (MNV) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Aéroport de départ: | London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS), Royaume Uni |
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The Handley Page Hermes was on a test flight when the controls became jammed. Eyewitnesses saw the plane descending in a series of dives and climbed until it crashed and caught fire.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by the elevator mechanism becoming jammed. This deprived the pilots of control of the aircraft. The jamming was due to the presence of a small extraneous object which entered the control mechanism."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (109-112)Photos
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