Incident Overview
Date: Monday 2 August 1965
Aircraft Type: Vickers 610 Viking 1B
Owner/operator: Invicta International Airways
Registration Number: G-AHPL
Location: Manston Airport (MSE) –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Aircraft – Specifically, propellers and the nose section of the fuselage.Aircraft – Specifically, propellers and the nose section of the fuselage.
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a rapid and uncontrolled swing to port during a pilot training flight due to a strong gust of wind. The pilot corrected the swing, but the aircraft swung to starboard, leading to an abandonment of take-off and damage to propellers and the nose section of the fuselage.An aircraft experienced a rapid and uncontrolled swing to port during a pilot training flight due to a strong gust of wind. The pilot corrected the swing, but the aircraft swung to starboard, leading to an abandonment of take-off and damage to propellers and the nose section of the fuselage.
Description
The aircraft was loaded with 500 Kg ballast in No. 4 hold for a pilot training flight. Shortly after the first take-off bad been started, the aircraft was yawed to port by a gust of wind (the wind was 16 kts and from the port quarter). The pilot under training, who was at the controls, corrected the swing to port but the aircraft then swung to starboard. The take-off was abandoned, but the aircraft came to rest on its nose, damaging both propellers and the nose section of the fuselage.
Primary Cause
Strong gust of wind.Strong gust of wind.Share on:
