Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 25 June 1964
Aircraft Type: Bristol 175 Britannia 312
Owner/operator: British Overseas Airways Corporation – BOAC
Registration Number: G-AOVJ
Location: Bermuda-Kindley Field (BDA) –
ÿ Bermuda
Phase of Flight: Taxi
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 122
Component Affected: Port main landing gear forgingPort main landing gear forging
Category: Accident
An aircraft landed on runway 12 at Bermuda-Kindley Field, turned 180 degrees, and subsequently stopped. A thud was heard upon restarting, and the aircraft listed to port until the port wing touched the ground. A port main landing gear forging had fractured.An aircraft landed on runway 12 at Bermuda-Kindley Field, turned 180 degrees, and subsequently stopped. A thud was heard upon restarting, and the aircraft listed to port until the port wing touched the ground. A port main landing gear forging had fractured.
Description
After landing on runway 12 at Bermuda-Kindley Field, the aircraft was turned through 180ø, preparatory to back-tracking to the terminal, and the aircraft stopped. When power was applied to get it moving again a thud was heard by the flight crew, and the aircraft listed to port until the port wing touched the ground. It was subsequently found that the port main landing gear forging had fractured.
Primary Cause
Fracture of a port main landing gear forging.Fracture of a port main landing gear forging.Share on:
