ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240838
Last updated: 2 September 2020
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| Date: | 17-JAN-1939 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | De Havilland DH.91 Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways Ltd (G-INFO) |
| Registration: | G-AFDI |
| C/n / msn: | 6802 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Croydon Airport (EGCR), South London, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Croydon Airport (EGCR), South London, UK |
The aircraft (named Frobisher) collapsed onto its belly and fractured both wings outboard of the engines when taxiing to its hardstanding from the soft the rain sodden grass airfield, when the undercarriage legs folded back when they hit the concrete edge of the airport terminal apron. The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
G-AFDI :- first flight, June 1938 ~ To A&AEE Martlesham Heath for trials, 22.6.38 ~ To Imperial Airways Ltd, 28th June 1938, named Frobisher ~ To British Overseas Airways Corporation, 22nd August 1940 ~ Destroyed Bristol-Whitchurch Airfield, England, 19th October 1940
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Albatross
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh91-albatross
https://www.europeanairlines.no/imperial-airways-and-the-most-beautiful-speedbird-of-the-sky/
https://oldmachinepress.com/2015/12/30/de-havilland-dh-91-albatross/
Aeroplane Monthly November 1975 'D.H.91 Albatross Airliner' (P. 538-543)
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1184
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2020 13:59 | Peter Clarke | Added |
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