Flugunfall 27 MAR 1963 einer Vickers 668 Varsity T.1 G-APAZ - Staverton Airport (GLO)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Mittwoch 27 März 1963
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic vars model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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: 27-03-1963
type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
registration: G-APAZ
photo of Vickers-668-Varsity-T-1-G-APAZ
accident date: 27-03-1963
type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
registration: G-APAZ
photo of Vickers-668-Varsity-T-1-G-APAZ
accident date: 27-03-1963
type: Vickers 668 Varsity T.1
registration: G-APAZ
 

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