ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335115
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 April 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Scottish Airlines |
| Registration: | G-AMUM |
| MSN: | Set 65 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) -
 Malta
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
The starter motor for one of the 4 engines failed, so the pilot decided to start the engine by windmiling the propeller during high-speed taxy-run. The engine started, but the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and overran.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An error of judgement of the pilot, in that he failed to throttle back and apply his brakes in sufficient time to stop the aircraft from rolling forward beyond the end of the runway."
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photo (c) through Stephen J. Muscat; Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA); April 1954
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