Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1979 |
Time: | 17:05 |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-1 |
Operator: | Loganair |
Registration: | G-BCYC |
MSN: | 1011 |
First flight: | 1975 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ) ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Aberdeen-Dyce Airport (ABZ/EGPD), United Kingdom |
Narrative:The aircraft was landing behind a HS-748, over the threshold with the 748 still on the runway. The right wing dropped and the pilot found the ailerons ineffective. He was too low to go around so the pilot closed throttles and put the aircraft firmly on the runway. The right landing gear leg became detached and the aircraft veered off the runway.
The remains of the Trislander were sold to Aurigny Air Services for spares in 1983.
Classification:
Weather: Wake vortex encounter
Heavy landing
Runway mishap
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
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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.