Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 2 March 1960
Aircraft Type: Vickers 639 Viking 1
Owner/operator: Hunting-Clan Air Transport
Registration Number: G-AGRV
Location: London Airport (LHR) –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Fuselage bottom of the aircraft.Fuselage bottom of the aircraft.
Category: Accident
An aircraft landed to the left with a significant impact, resulting in the fuselage bottom contacting the ground and a deflated main gear tire.An aircraft landed to the left with a significant impact, resulting in the fuselage bottom contacting the ground and a deflated main gear tire.
Description
Following a normal touchdown on the runway the aircraft swung to the left and came to rest with the lower forward part of the fuselage in contact with the ground and the port main gear tire deflated.
Primary Cause
Landing to the left and subsequent impact with the ground.Landing to the left and subsequent impact with the ground.Share on:
