Narrative:
The Hermes was being used to transport troops from Blackbushe to the Fayid RAF Station, Egypt when it crash-landed in France.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The defect in No.4 engine was not due to fracture of (the) reduction gear pinion or failure of (the) oil pump drive. The evidence suggests that internal engine failure occurred, causing over-speeding and subsequent disintegration of the reduction gear pinion bearing."
» B. Dawson (E-mail 21-4-2007)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 1952 |
| Time: | 22:25 BST |
| Type: | Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA |
| Operator: | Airwork |
| Registration: | G-ALDB |
| MSN: | HP.81/3 |
| First flight: | 1949 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 64 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 70 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Pithiviers Airport ( France)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Blackbushe Airport (BBS/EGLK), United Kingdom |
| Pithiviers Airfield (LFFP), France |
The Hermes was being used to transport troops from Blackbushe to the Fayid RAF Station, Egypt when it crash-landed in France.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The defect in No.4 engine was not due to fracture of (the) reduction gear pinion or failure of (the) oil pump drive. The evidence suggests that internal engine failure occurred, causing over-speeding and subsequent disintegration of the reduction gear pinion bearing."
Sources:
» Air Pictorial Oct. 1965, p.371» B. Dawson (E-mail 21-4-2007)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Blackbushe Airport to Pithiviers Airfield as the crow flies is 411 km (257 miles).
Distance from Blackbushe Airport to Pithiviers Airfield as the crow flies is 411 km (257 miles).
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