Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 20 April 1967
Aircraft Type: Bristol 175 Britannia 308F
Owner/operator: British Eagle International Airlines
Registration Number: G-ANCG
Location: Manston-Kent International Airport (MSE) – ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65
Component Affected: Hydraulic lines.Hydraulic lines.
Investigating Agency: AIBAIB
Category: Accident
A flight experienced a failure to lock the undercarriage after takeoff, leading to repeated gear recycling. A third attempt resulted in a bogie fouling the hydraulic jack, fracturing the shuttle valve bolt and causing hydraulic fluid leakage. This ultimately resulted in an emergency landing on a foamed runway.A flight experienced a failure to lock the undercarriage after takeoff, leading to repeated gear recycling. A third attempt resulted in a bogie fouling the hydraulic jack, fracturing the shuttle valve bolt and causing hydraulic fluid leakage. This ultimately resulted in an emergency landing on a foamed runway.

Description

The undercarriage wouldn’t lock up after takeoff, so the crew recycled the gear a couple of times. On the third attempt, the bogie (which was not rotating in the right sequence) fouled the main hydraulic jack fracturing the attachment bolt of the shuttle valve for the main and emergency ‘down’ hydraulic lines. All hydraulic fluid escaped and the gear couldn’t be extended anymore. An emergency landing was carried out on a foamed runway at Manston. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The undercarriage failed to lock down due to loss of the hydraulic fluid from the main and emergency systems. This resulted from fracture of the hydraulic lines consequent upon fouling of the port undercarriage retraction jack head by the bogie through incorrect setting up of the retraction sequence valve.”

Primary Cause

Loss of hydraulic fluid from the main and emergency systems due to the bogie fouling the retraction jack head, resulting in fracture of the hydraulic lines.Loss of hydraulic fluid from the main and emergency systems due to the bogie fouling the retraction jack head, resulting in fracture of the hydraulic lines.

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