Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 OCT 1984 |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth AW-660 Argosy C.1 |
| Operator: | Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment |
| Registration: | XN817 |
| C/n / msn: | 6746 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | West Freugh Airport (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| West Freugh Airport (EGOY), United Kingdom |
Undercarriage collapsed on landing. The aircraft was transferred to the fire dump.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
