Narrative:
The brakes failed on landing, causing the York to overran the runway. The aircraft came to rest across a river, some 250yds past the end of the runway.
The cause of the brake failure was given as a broken cable due to excessive wear over the steel rubbing blocks in the pilot's control column. Although the brake cable and blocks were removed from the control column for examination approximately 20 hours flying time before the accident, it is stated that considerable taxiing, which had necessitated frequent use of the brakes, had been necessary owing to the nature of the foreign airfields visited.
» Flight 6 May 1948
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 25 July 1947 |
| Type: | Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Operator: | Skyways |
| Registration: | G-AIUP |
| MSN: | 1374 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | London Airport (LHR) ( United Kingdom)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Berlin (unknown airport), Germany |
| London Airport (LHR/EGLL), United Kingdom |
The brakes failed on landing, causing the York to overran the runway. The aircraft came to rest across a river, some 250yds past the end of the runway.
The cause of the brake failure was given as a broken cable due to excessive wear over the steel rubbing blocks in the pilot's control column. Although the brake cable and blocks were removed from the control column for examination approximately 20 hours flying time before the accident, it is stated that considerable taxiing, which had necessitated frequent use of the brakes, had been necessary owing to the nature of the foreign airfields visited.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» The Times, 26 July 1947, p4» Flight 6 May 1948
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