ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197505
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 April 1991 |
| Time: | 20:34 |
| Type: | Vickers V953C Vanguard Merchantman |
| Owner/operator: | Air Bridge Carriers Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APEP |
| MSN: | 719 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Birmingham Airport, Elmdon, Birmingham, West Midlands -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Belfast Aldergrove Airport (BFS) |
| Birmingham Airport (BHX) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The cargo flight from Belfast was landing on runway 33. The tyres bust on the right landing gear. Causing damage to the landing gear, gear door and engine 3 nacelle.
Repaired and returned to service; last flight 17.10.96, thus being the last flight anywhere by a Vickers Vanguard. Registration G-APEP cancelled 17.2.97 as "withdrawn from use" (total flying time on airframe 44,019 hours)
Now preserved on static display at the Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Vanguard%20953C,%20G-APEP%2007-91.pdf
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20131208122410/http://vickers-vanguard-merchantman.com/history.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Vanguard#Cargo_operations
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APEP-2.pdf
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