1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crash
Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland , United Kingdom | |
Passengers | 2 |
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Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 7 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 0 |
The 1957 Nutts Corner BEA Viscount crash was a
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 802, registration G-AOJA, built and delivered to BEA the previous year.[1][2] It was the first 800 Series Viscount built and was used by the manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs for test and promotional flights prior to delivery.[2]
Accident
On the afternoon of the accident the aircraft took off from
Investigation and cause
A Public inquiry was convened to investigate the accident, during which it emerged that the airport's approach lighting system may have been switched off at the time of the aircraft's landing attempt.[4] The inquiry also heard evidence regarding a bent screwdriver that had been found in the wreckage, but as this had been removed by an airport worker before its position in the wreckage had been recorded, the likelihood of the object jamming the flight controls could not be assessed.[4] At the conclusion of the inquiry, while it made recommendations regarding the security of aircraft crash sites and tool control during maintenance, and suggested that records be kept of when airport approach lighting was switched on or off, no official cause of the accident was determined.[4][7]
References
- ^ a b c d Aviation Safety Network G-AOJA accident synopsis retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ a b Flight 7 September 1956, p. 437. retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Major Airline Disasters: Involving Commercial Passenger Airlines 1920–2011". airdisasters.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d Flight 24 October 1958, p. 674.
- ^ Flight 1 November 1957, p. 669.
- ^ Flight 9 May 1958, p. 646.
- ^ Flight 18 July 1958, p. 91.
- "The Seventeenth S.B.A.C. Display", Flight, 7 September 1956, pp. 429–438
- "Belfast Tragedy", Flight, 1 November 1957, p. 669.
- "B.E.A. Viscount 802 Loss", Flight 9 May 1958, p. 646.
- "B.E.A. Viscount Accident Unexplained", Flight 18 July 1958, p. 91.
- "Viscount Mystery", Flight 24 October 1958, p. 674.