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Date: | Sunday 22 December 1974 |
Time: | |
Type: | Canadair CL-44D4-1 |
Owner/operator: | Tradewinds Airways |
Registration: | G-AWSC |
MSN: | 26 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Tyne 515 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lusaka Airport (LUN) -
Zambia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Lusaka Airport (LUN/FLLS) |
Narrative:The aircraft bounced twice on landing and touched down hard, causing the nosegear strut to fail. A fire started in the forward lower freight hold, but was quickly extinguished.
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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; London-Gatwick Airport (LGW); 20 July 1974
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