ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334183
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| Date: | Saturday 30 August 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Handley Page Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AODE |
| MSN: | 147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart (series unknown) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Milford -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Woodley Airport |
| Farnborough Airport (FAB/EGLF) |
The Herald had taken off from Woodley to take part in the Farnborough air display. Half an hour into the flight an intense and uncontrollable fire broke out in the no. 2 engine nacelle. A rapid descend was carried out and a crash landing was made in a field.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by an intense fire which became uncontrollable and necessitated an immediate crash landing. The fire resulted from a major mechanical failure of the starboard engine and the disruption of the fuel system."
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photo (c) Ian Permain; near Milford; 30 August 1958
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