1966 Felthorpe Trident crash
 A Trident identical to the accident aircraft, here photographed during a display flight | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 June 1966 |
| Summary | Deep stall due to Pilot error |
| Site | Felthorpe, Norfolk, United Kingdom 52°42′09″N 1°11′36″E / 52.702516°N 1.193228°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C |
| Operator | Hawker Siddeley |
| Registration | G-ARPY |
| Flight origin | Hatfield Aerodrome |
| Destination | Hatfield Aerodrome |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 3 June 1966, a newly built
deep stall from which the crew were unable to recover. It was the first loss of a Trident aircraft.[1]
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a
tri-jet Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C, registration G-ARPY,[2] serial number 2126; that was about to be delivered to British European Airways.[3]
Accident flight
Deep stall
illustratedThe aircraft was making its first flight,centre of gravity towards its aft limit.[5]
Shortly after 18:30, the pilot reported that the aircraft was in a "superstall".spin, and crashed at Felthorpe, killing all on board. It was not fitted with an anti-spin parachute.[5] The site of the accident was in a field adjacent to Felthorpe Airfield.[6]
Crew
The crew were pilots Peter Barlow and George Errington, and technicians E. Brackstone-Brown and G.W. Patterson.[5]
Investigation
The
deep stall from which it was impossible to recover.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Hawker Siddeley Trident Accidents". Shockcone. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "G-INFO Database". Civil Aviation Authority.
- ^ a b c d "G-ARPY Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "DH121 Trident". de Havilland. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Middleton 1985, p. 237.
- ^ "History". Felthorpe Flying Group. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
Sources
- Middleton, Don (1985). Test Pilots. London: Guild Publishing.
- Deep Stall Disaster Flight International, 20 November 1968 p909-910