ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55323
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| Date: | Monday 3 December 1962 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Vulcan B.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd |
| Registration: | XA894 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Filton Airfield (EGTG), Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Vulcan was being used as a test bed for the Olympus 22R engine which was to power the TSR2. On December 3 1962, the engine was run to full power on maximum reheat when an Low Pressure turbine disc failed puncturing 2 fuel tanks and starting a fire which spread rapidly. The fire destroyed the Vulcan and a brand new fire engine that was close by. Luckily there were no serious injuries to the engineers or fire crew.
The heat was so intense that the fires were allowed to burn themselves out. The core of the disc continued across the airfield bouncing every 150 feet towards the parked prototype Bristol Type 188 (XF926). The disc eventually ran out of momentum just short of the parked aircraft
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. http://www.aviationarchive.org.uk/stories/pages.php?enum=GE131&maxp=3&pnum=0
3. http://www.verdon-roe.co.uk/#/avro/postwar/698vulcan/avrovulcan/avro698vulcanbmk1arafxa894
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2009 00:18 | VHKDK | Updated |
| 22-Aug-2011 13:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2012 05:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2012 05:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Apr-2012 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 25-Oct-2013 03:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2014 16:01 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
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