Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Mittwoch 27 März 1963 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers 668 Varsity T.1 |
Betrieben durch: | Smiths Aviation |
Gemietet von : | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Kennzeichen: | G-APAZ |
Werknummer: | 561 |
Baujahr: | 1952 |
Triebwerk: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | nahe Staverton Airport (GLO) ( Großbritannien)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Ausbildungsflug |
Flug von: | Staverton Airport (GLO/EGBJ), Großbritannien |
Flug nach: | Staverton Airport (GLO/EGBJ), Großbritannien |
Unfallbericht: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."
Informationsquelle:
» Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA
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accident date:
27-03-1963type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
registration: G-APAZ
accident date:
27-03-1963type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
registration: G-APAZ
accident date:
27-03-1963type: 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.