Date: | Thursday 27 July 1961 |
Time: | 14:20 |
Type: | Boeing 707-328 |
Owner/operator: | Air France |
Registration: | F-BHSA |
MSN: | 17613/65 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3978 hours |
Cycles: | 1080 flights |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT4A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM) -
Germany
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH) |
Destination airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 272 which was flying the Polar route Paris-Hamburg-Anchorage-Tokyo landed in Hamburg at 1224 hours GMT. While taking-off for Anchorage, the pilot had difficulty holding the aircraft on a straight heading along the runway and decided to abandon the takeoff. Despite his efforts, the aircraft veered to the left, ran off the runway and finally came to rest 2 840 m from the starting point in a depression 140 m from the runway. It was severely damaged. Four crew and six passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft was named "Chateau de Versailles".
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident could not be determined. The pilot could not keep the aircraft on the runway after abandoning take-off."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 69-AN/61 (p. 143-146)
Location
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photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Charles Tuduri; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 27 July 1961
photo (c) Georges Cozzika; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO); 1961
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