ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145122
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| Date: | Friday 15 July 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Vickers 701 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Cambrian Airways |
| Registration: | G-AMOE |
| MSN: | 17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Liverpool Airport, Speke, Liverpool -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool (Speke) Airport (LPL/EGGP) |
| Dublin Airport, Dublin, Eire (EIDW/DUB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft with 62 on board was being pushed back & the engines started. Shortly after one of the left had engines started the aircraft moved forward and struck the Terminal (Now Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel). There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The cause of the accident was blamed on the failure of the brakes & steering.
Careered into Gate 2 doorway of the Terminal's west wing whilst the engines were being tested by engineers. Slight damage to the wing of a nearby parked Aer Lingus Viscount, EI-ALG, the building, but mainly to the Cambrian Viscount nose undercarriage and the starboard wing and engines. All were repaired, the Viscount G-AMOE re-flown on 1st November 1966.
NOTE: The often-reported date of "15 July 1967" is incorrect (a year out)
Sources:
1. http://www.cambrianairways.org.uk/page_2361709.html
2. http://www.vickersviscount.net/Pages_Listings/Listings_CN_Details.aspx
3. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/post/72931
4. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/post/72779
5. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/13889/liverpool-aviation-accidents-incidents?page=2
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2012 05:38 | TB | Added |
| 10-Jan-2016 21:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2020 22:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2021 11:10 | Cherokee1 | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Embed code] |
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