
July 1960 to October 1961
British United Airways (BUA)
G-AODH - c/n 78 - a V.736 series Viscount
United Kingdom registered
1 July 1960
Transferred from Transair (UK) Ltd due to a corporate merger.
2 July 1960
Departed from Gatwick Airport, Surrey, England on its first day in BUA service.
5 September 1960
Registered to British United Airways (BUA).
30 October 1961
Damaged beyond repair after a heavy landing at Rhein-Main Airport, Frankfurt, West Germany at 17:48 after a flight from Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, West Germany.
The aircraft was operating a service on behalf of British European Airways (BEA).
During an ILS approach in poor visibility due to fog the plane struck the ground alongside runway 25.
The nose undercarriage leg collapsed and three propellers were torn away before the aircraft came to a stop.
Among the 4 crew and 12 passengers on board a stewardess injured her leg during the landing and a passenger broke her ankle when she jumped from the plane.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Captain D A Woolfe flew below the critical height during the approach and with a surface visibility which was inadequate.
The aircraft struck the ground alongside the runway. A contributing factor was that at a critical moment information given by the co-pilot was deemed to be erroneous and misleading.
The German accident investigators also stated that the airport air traffic controller failed to advise the crew that the Runway Visual Range had now dropped below 600 yards.
2 January 1962
Registration cancelled as aircraft permanently withdrawn from use.
late 1962
Broken up for scrap at Rhein-Main Airport, Frankfurt, West Germany after the removal of all useful parts, especially the Rolls-Royce Dart RDa3 Mark 506 engines.
The actual date is not known. Details please to information@vickersviscount.net
Total time 9,162 hours and 6,082 total landings.
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