ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 668 Varsity T.1 G-APAZ Staverton Airport (GLO)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Wednesday 27 March 1963
Type:Silhouette image of generic vars model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
Operating for:Smiths Aviation
Leased from:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: G-APAZ
MSN: 561
First flight: 1952
Engines: 2 Bristol Hercules 264
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Staverton Airport (GLO) (   United Kingdom)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Staverton Airport (GLO/EGBJ), United Kingdom
Destination airport:Staverton Airport (GLO/EGBJ), United Kingdom
Narrative:
Varsity G-APAZ was being used to conduct a check flight for the pilot, who wanted to be approved as a Varsity test pilot. A single engine runway 22 approach and overshoot were carried out. At 3 or 4 miles from the airport, at a height of 600-700 feet, the aircraft banked to the right and the pilot reported a total engine failure. G-APAZ lost height and crashed into a house on Tuffley Avenue.
The aircraft was leased from the Royal Air Force 1 ANS and also carried the military serial WF415.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Selection of the starboard engine "idle-cut-off" switch to CUT-OFF instead of the port to the RUN position, when attempting to re-start the port engine, resulted in a complete loss of power at a low height and the aircraft struck a house in the ensuing crash-landing."

Sources:
» Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA


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type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
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accident date: 27-03-1963
type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
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accident date: 27-03-1963
type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
registration: G-APAZ
 

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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.
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