Date: | Saturday 17 September 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 802 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | British European Airways - BEA |
Registration: | G-AOJE |
MSN: | 154 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER) -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:After touchdown the nosewheel retracted and the aircraft continued along the runway with the lower part of the forward fuselage touching the runway surface. The aircraft stopped after travelling about 400yards.
Functional checks of the nose landing gear carried out after the aircraft was removed from the runway did not reveal any faults in the hydraulic or electrical systems.
Sources:
Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1960/19600917_VISC_G-AOJE_12260.jpg)
photo (c) Georges Cozzika; Paris-le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB)
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