Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 DEC 1967 |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW-650 Argosy 222 |
| Operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
| Registration: | G-ASXP |
| C/n / msn: | 6804 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls Royce 532-1 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | London-Stansted (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS), United Kingdom |
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A takeoff was attempted with a simulated no. 4 engine failure. The Argosy went out of control, cartwheeled on its starboard wing and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to a loss of control during a takeoff with a simulated failure of the engine. The loss of control was most probably the result of No.4 propeller going into ground fine pitch when the engine was throttled back." Events:
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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.
