ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55323
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| Date: | 03-DEC-1962 |
| Time: | 15:30 local |
| Type: |  Avro Vulcan B.1 |
| Operator: | Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd/C(A) MoA |
| Registration: | XA894 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bristol Filton, EGTG, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Bristol Filton (EGTG) |
| Bristol Filton (EGTG) |
The Vulcan was being used as a test bed for the Olympus 22R engine which was to power the TSR2.
The engine was run to full power on maximum reheat when an LP 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 being so intense that the fires were allowed to burn them selves out. The core of the disc continued across the airfield bouncing every 150 feet towards the parked prototype Bristol Type 188 (XF926). It eventually ran out of momentum just short of the parked aircraft
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
http://www.aviationarchive.org.uk/stories/pages.php?enum=GE131&maxp=3&pnum=0
http://www.verdon-roe.co.uk/#/avro/postwar/698vulcan/avrovulcan/avro698vulcanbmk1arafxa894
http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/other_photographers/894_farnborough_1.htm
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| 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] |
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