Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 27 August 1952
Aircraft Type: Vickers 630 Viscount
Owner/operator: UK Ministry of Supply
Registration Number: G-AHRF
Location: near Khartoum-Wadi Seidna Air Base –
ÿ Sudan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Right-hand main gear radius rod.Right-hand main gear radius rod.
Category: Accident
A Vickers 630 Viscount prototype aircraft experienced a right-hand main gear leg collapse during a tropical climate test in Khartoum. A light alloy machined bracket failed to secure the right hand main gear radius rod to the rear spar, resulting in the bracket pin breaking and the radius rod being pinned to the bracket.A Vickers 630 Viscount prototype aircraft experienced a right-hand main gear leg collapse during a tropical climate test in Khartoum. A light alloy machined bracket failed to secure the right hand main gear radius rod to the rear spar, resulting in the bracket pin breaking and the radius rod being pinned to the bracket.
Description
The Vickers 630 Viscount prototype aircraft was being used in tropical climate tests in Khartoum. Following one of these test flights the right hand main gear leg collapsed. It appeared that the light alloy machined bracket securing the right hand main gear radius rod to the rear spar had failed and the bolt pinning the radius rod to the bracket was broken.
Primary Cause
Failure of a machined bracket securing a radius rod to the rear spar of the right-hand main gear leg during a tropical climate test.Failure of a machined bracket securing a radius rod to the rear spar of the right-hand main gear leg during a tropical climate test.Share on:
