Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 20 October 1957
Aircraft Type: Vickers 806 Viscount
Owner/operator: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Registration Number: G-AOYF
Location: Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) – ÿ South Africa
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Main bogiesMain bogies
Category: Accident
A Viscount 806, temporarily based in Johannesburg, conducted test flights involving measured takeoffs and landings. During a circuit, the captain cleared to land back on runway 03. The aircraft passed the threshold at 400 feet and the descent angle increased to 45 degrees, leveling off at 70 feet above the runway. Upon touchdown, the main bogies appeared to move rearwards, causing the aircraft to bounce and land back to the runway. The aircraft swung off the runway and came to rest 1590 feet past the threshold, with heavy smoke emanating from the main gear. The fuselage was used to construct Vickers 806 Viscount c/n 418.A Viscount 806, temporarily based in Johannesburg, conducted test flights involving measured takeoffs and landings. During a circuit, the captain cleared to land back on runway 03. The aircraft passed the threshold at 400 feet and the descent angle increased to 45 degrees, leveling off at 70 feet above the runway. Upon touchdown, the main bogies appeared to move rearwards, causing the aircraft to bounce and land back to the runway. The aircraft swung off the runway and came to rest 1590 feet past the threshold, with heavy smoke emanating from the main gear. The fuselage was used to construct Vickers 806 Viscount c/n 418.

Description

The aircraft, a Viscount 806, was temporarily based in Johannesburg to conduct some test flights which included measured takeoffs and landings. At 10:40 the aircraft took off from runway 03. A circuit was flown and the captain was cleared to land back on runway 03. The aircraft passed the threshold at 400 feet. The angle of descent increased to 45deg until the aircraft leveled off at 70 feet above the runway, but the path of descent appeared to remain 45 degrees. On touchdown the main bogies appeared to move rearwards. The Viscount then bounced a few feet and landed back; heavy smoke emitting from the main gear. It finally swung off the runway and came to rest to the right of it, 1590 feet past the threshold. The fuselage was used to build Vickers 806 Viscount c/n 418 which entered service with BEA (G-APOX) April 1959. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The misjudged roundout resulted in a heavy landing which caused the starboard undercarriage to collapse.”

Primary Cause

Misjudged roundout resulted in a heavy landing, causing the starboard undercarriage to collapse.Misjudged roundout resulted in a heavy landing, causing the starboard undercarriage to collapse.

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