| Date: | Monday 11 January 1988 |
| Time: | 12:44 |
| Type: |  Shorts 330-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Fairflight |
| Registration: | G-BHWT |
| MSN: | SH.3049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Southend Municipal Airport (SEN) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Southend Municipal Airport (SEN/EGMC) |
| London-Biggin Hill Airport (BQH/EGKB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fairflight Shorts 330 G-BHWT had a history of hydraulic problems and was prepared for a flight to Biggin Hill for maintenance. The aircraft was taxiing to the runway when suddenly the nosegear steering failed. The aircraft entered an uncommanded left turn and collided with a stationary Vickers Viscount aircraft (G-APIM).
PROBABLE CAUSE: Corrosion within the emergency brake accumulator had allowed nitrogen to enter the main hydraulic system. In the past, the aircraft had been parked in the open for a considerable time without servicing.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 3/88 (#19)
Location
Images:
photo (c) C. Waldenmaier, via Werner Fischdick; San Francisco-International Airport, CA (SFO); May 1985
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