Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 27 MAR 1963 |
| Tipo: | Vickers 668 Varsity T.1 |
| Operado por: | Smiths Aviation |
| Alquilado a : | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registración: | G-APAZ |
| Numéro de série: | 561 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1952 |
| Motores: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Staverton (Reino Unido)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Entrenamiento |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Gloucestershire Airport (GLO/EGBJ), Reino Unido |
| Gloucestershire Airport (GLO/EGBJ), Reino Unido |
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: "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." Fuentes:
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Distance from Gloucestershire Airport to Gloucestershire Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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