Vickers Viscount crash, Jan 11, 1988, Southend-on-Sea
Vickers Viscount accident on January 11, 1988 near Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Corrosion in the emergency brake...
- Date: January 11, 1988
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Parked
- Cause: Corrosion in the emergency brake accumulator let nitrogen into the main hydraulic system, causing brake and nosewheel steering failure on the taxiing Short.
A Vickers Viscount 806 (G-APIM) parked at Southend was struck by a taxiing Shorts SD3-30 (G-BHWT) that lost nosewheel steering and swung left into it. No one was hurt, but the Viscount was written off.