ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335906
| Date: | Tuesday 10 April 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page HP.82 Hermes V |
| Owner/operator: | UK Ministry of Supply |
| Registration: | G-ALEU |
| MSN: | HP.82/1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chilbolton -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
The Hermes V G-ALEU was on a test flight when the no. 3 engine oversped. The propeller was feathered. The no. 1 and no. 4 engines then also suddenly failed. An emergency belly landing was carried out in a waterlogged field.
Sources:
Air Pictorial Oct. 1965, p.371
Images:
photo (c) Henk Scharringa archives; unknown
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