Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 25 August 1960 |
Type: | Vickers 702 Viscount |
Operator: | Kuwait Airways |
Registration: | G-APOW |
MSN: | 72 |
First flight: | 1955-08-06 (5 years ) |
Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 505 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | over Beirut ( Lebanon)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft was engaged on a test flight in which manoeuvres for renewal of the Certificate of Airworthiness were carried out. Following a dive to check the aircraft's performance at maximum permissible I.A.S. it was noticed that 20° flap was selected and was indicating, and after the aircraft had landed the skins of the tail planes and elevators were found to be buckled.
Sources:
» Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA
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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.