Incident Overview
Date: Friday 18 March 1960
Aircraft Type: Vickers 804 Viscount
Owner/operator: Transair Ltd.
Registration Number: G-AOXU
Location: over France –
ÿ France
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65
Component Affected: Mainplanes and their attachment fittingsMainplanes and their attachment fittings
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a flight incident due to a deliberate interruption of power to electrically-driven flight instruments, leading to incorrect instrument indications and a deviation from the planned flight path. Subsequent structural damage occurred.An aircraft experienced a flight incident due to a deliberate interruption of power to electrically-driven flight instruments, leading to incorrect instrument indications and a deviation from the planned flight path. Subsequent structural damage occurred.
Description
The aircraft was flying at FL210 at night when the supply of power to certain electrically-driven flight instruments was intentionally interrupted. Failure of the standby supply to cut in resulted in the flight continuing by reference to incorrect instrument indications and the aircraft deviated from the intended flight path. During subsequent manoeuvres structural damage occurred to the mainplanes and their attachment fittings.
Primary Cause
Intentional power interruption of standby supply to electrically-driven flight instruments.Intentional power interruption of standby supply to electrically-driven flight instruments.Share on:
