
September 1970 to October 1982
Servicios Aereos Nacionales (SAN)
HC-ATV - c/n 458 - a V.828 series Viscount
Ecuador registered
5 September 1970
Purchased from All Nippon Airways (ANA).
circa 1975
Fuselage titles revised to SAN Ecuador.
10 October 1978
Noted arriving at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England. After clearing customs it moved on to Baginton Airport, Coventry, Warwickshire, England for a major 'Check 4' heavy maintenance inspection which involved re-skinning the fuselage and replacement of the life controlled wing spars.
Servicios Aereos Nacionales (SAN) livery
2 August 1979
Noted back at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England following maintenance work at Baginton Airport, Coventry, Warwickshire.
20 September 1979
Noted at East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, England being repainted and also receiving an interior upgrade.
Damaged at Cuenca, Ecuador
8 October 1982
During a long and fast landing on runway 23 at Mariscal Lamar International Airport, Azuay Province, Ecuador in wet weather the pilot realised that the aircraft was not going to stop in time so he elected to steer the aircraft off of the righthand side of the runway.
The starboard undercarriage dug into the soft ground and the starboard wing hit the ground spinning the aircraft round in an anti-clockwise direction until it was facing the side of the runway. Both starboard propellers were damaged and the starboard Dart engines were shockloaded. There was also considerable structural damage to the starboard wing.
The insurance company declared it as beyond economic repair and it was written off.
Broken up for scrap. Details please to information@vickersviscount.net
|