ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 200AB G-ASHG Chicklade
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Tuesday 22 October 1963
Time:10:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic BA11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
BAC One-Eleven 200AB
Operator:British Aircraft Corporation - BAC
Registration: G-ASHG
MSN: 004
First flight: 1963-08-20 (2 months)
Total airframe hrs:81
Cycles:78
Crew:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:2 km (1.3 mls) NNW of Chicklade (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Wisley Airfield, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Wisley Airfield, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The One-Eleven prototype was engaged in a series of test fights to assess stability and handling characteristics during the approach to, and recovery from the stall with a centre of gravity in varying positions. On the fifth stalling test, at a height of about 16000 feet and with 8deg of flaps, the plane entered a stable stall. The 1-11 continued to descend at a high vertical speed, and in a substantially horizontal attitude and eventually struck the ground with very little forward speed.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "During a stalling test the aircraft entered a stable stalled conditions, recovery from which was impossible."

Classification:
Loss of control

Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume II, Circular 78-AN/66 (55-67)


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accident date: 22-10-1963
type: BAC One-Eleven 200AB
registration: G-ASHG
 

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