ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333826
| Date: | Tuesday 8 March 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA |
| Owner/operator: | Skyways |
| Registration: | G-ALDH |
| MSN: | HP.81/9 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | London Airport (LHR) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| London Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
The starboard main gear leg collapsed during landing rollout at London. It appeared that the failure resulted from a fracture of the radius rod attachment lugs on the main undercarriage leg casing.
Sources:
Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA
Air Pictorial Oct. 1965, p.371
Location
Images:
photo (c) Graham Palmer; Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC); 1954
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