List of accidents and incidents involving the Avro York
A Royal Air Force Avro York
The Avro York was a British transport aircraft, derived from the Second World War Lancaster bomber and used in both military and civil roles.
1940s
- 26 July 1944: A Royal Air Force (RAF) York crashed after overshooting at Gibraltar.[1]
- 14 November 1944: An RAF York crashed near Grenoble, France.[1][2]
- 1 February 1945: An RAF York crashed off Lampedusa Island.[1][3]
- 8 February 1945: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair during a landing accident at Mauripur, India.[1]
- 5 November 1945: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair while landing at Ratmalana, Ceylon.[1]
- 29 December 1945: An RAF York crashed and was destroyed by fire near New Milton, Hampshire, England.[1]
- 11 April 1946: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair when the landing gear collapsed on landing at RAF Lyneham.[1]
- 11 April 1946: An RAF York crashed and burn on take off from RAF Woodbridge, one of the six crew on board was killed.[1][4]
- 28 April 1946: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Valley, Wales.[1]
- 23 May 1946: An RAF York crashed while landing at Mauripur, India.[1]
- On 7 September 1946: British South American Airways York Star Leader took off from Airport at the near of Bathurst, the Gambia. The captain lost control of the aircraft as it was climbing. The accident killed all 24 passengers and crew on board.[5][6][1]
- 9 September 1946: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair after hitting a pony during a landing at Holmesley South, Hampshire.[1]
- 6 October 1946: An RAF York crashed in the Bay of Bengal.[1]
- 20 October 1946: An RAF York crashed on take off from Dum Dum, Calcutta, India.[1]
- 3 November 1946: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair on landing at Delhi-Palam, India.[1]
- 20 November 1946: An RAF York crashed in the desert south of Helwan, Egypt.[1]
- 28 November 1946: An RAF York crashed on take off from RAF Brize Norton.[1]
- 2 December 1946: An RAF York crashed short of runway at RAF Luqa, Malta.[1]
- 19 December 1946: An RAF York was destroyed by fire during maintenance at RAF Honington.[1]
- 23 December 1946: An Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina York crashed into a mountain 31 km from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
- 11 February 1947: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Waterbeach.[1]
- 14 March 1947: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Lyneham.[1]
- 18 March 1947: An RAF York crashed and burnt out near Negombo Town after departure from Negombo, Ceylon.[1]
- 13 April 1947: British South American Airways York Star Speed crashed on landing at Dakar, Senegal.[1]
- 24 May 1947: An RAF York crashed on landing at Luqa, Malta.[1]
- 11 June 1947: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Oakington.[1]
- 1 July 1947: An RAF York crashed after overshooting at RAF Oakington.[1]
- 16 July 1947: A BOAC York crashed near Basra, Iraq.[1]
- 25 July 1947: A Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina Avro 685 York I crashed at Moron Air Base, Buenos Aires, Argentina, after hitting a lorry shortly after landing.[1]
- 25 July 1947: A Skyways York was damaged beyond repair on landing at London Heathrow Airport.[1]
- 2 September 1947: An RAF York crashed and destroyed by fire on landing at RAF Dishforth.[1]
- 4 September 1947: An RAF York was destroyed by a hangar fire at Habbinya, Iraq.[1]
- 30 October 1947: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair in a taxying accident at Negombo, Ceylon.[1]
- 5 November 1947: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Lyneham.[1]
- 16 November 1947: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Santacruz, Bombay, India.[1]
- 17 November 1947: An RAF York crashed while overshooting at RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire.[1]
- 16 February 1948: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair during a landing at RAF Hullavington.[1]
- 4 July 1948: An RAF collided with a Scandinavian Airlines System DC-6 over Northwood, London, killing all seven passengers and crew on the Avro York and 31 passengers and crew on the DC-6. See Northwood mid-air collision.[1]
- 27 July 1948: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Abingdon.[1]
- 11 August 1948: An RAF York crashed on landing at Desford in Leicestershire.[1]
- 19 September 1948: An RAF York crashed on take off from Wunstorf, West Germany.[1]
- 23 September 1948: An RAF York crashed on take off from Wunstorf, West Germany[1]
- 10 October 1948: An RAF York crashed on landing at Gatow, West Berlin.[1]
- 10 November 1948: An RAF York crashed on take off from Wunstorf, West Germany.[1]
- 2 December 1948: An RAF York crashed on landing at Gatow, West Berlin.[1]
- 14 December 1948: Two RAF Yorks crashed, one on take off and one landing at RAF Gatow, West Berlin.[1]
- 16 December 1948: An RAF York crashed on landing at RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire.[1]
- 5 January 1949: British South American Airways York Star Venture crashed at Caravellos Bay, Brazil.[1]
- 1 February 1949: An RAF York crashed after take off at Castel Benito, Libya.[1]
- 15 March 1949: An Skyways York crashed on approach to Gatow, West Germany.[1]
- 21 April 1949: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair during a landing at RAF Gutersloh, West Germany.[1]
- 19 June 1949: A Skyways York crashed at Neustadt near Wundstorf, British Zone of Germany.[1]
- 30 July 1949: An RAF York crashed on take off from Wunstorf in the British Zone of Germany.[1]
- 15 November 1949: An RAF York crashed while landing at Nairobi West instead of Eastleigh in Kenya.[1]
1950s
- 2 June 1950: An RAF York was destroyed by fire following a refuelling accident on the ground at RAF Bassingbourn.[1]
- 25 October 1950: An RAF York was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at RAF Changi.[1]
- 11 March 1952: An Air Charter York crashed near Hamburg, West Germany.[1]
- 24 August 1952: An Eagle Aviation York crashed on take off from Gatow, West Berlin.[1]
- 27 November 1952: An Air Charter York was damaged beyond repair landing short of runway at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire.[1]
- 2 February 1953: A Skyways York crashed into sea off Newfoundland (island), Canada after a SOS was called by the pilots. The wreck of the aircraft was never found; all 39 passengers and crew died.[1]
- 13 April 1954: A Scottish Aviation York was damaged beyond repair landing at Luqa, Malta.[1]
- 26 June 1954: A Skyways York crashed landed at Kyritz, East Germany.[1]
- 22 September 1954: A Scottish Aviation York was damaged beyond repair during take off at RAF Stansted.[1]
- 11 April 1955: An Associated Airways York crashed on take off at Yellowknife, Canada.[1]
- 12 April 1955: An Arctic Wings York was damaged beyond repair after hitting a snow bank at Hall Lake, Canada.[1]
- 26 May 1955: An Associated Airways York was damaged beyond repair after hitting an obstacle on take off from Edmonton Municipal Airport, Canada.[7]
- 14 September 1955: A Persian Air Services York crashed 40 miles south-east of Basra, Iraq.[1]
- 29 September 1955: An Associated Airways York was damaged beyond repair after ditching into the Thoa River near Yellowknife, North West Territories, Canada.[1]
- 24 January 1956: A Maritime Central Airways York was damaged beyond repair during a forced landing at Fort Chimo, Quebec, Canada.[1]
- 18 February 1956: A Scottish Airlines York crashed at Malta due to pilot error killing all 50 passengers and crew. See 1956 Scottish Airlines Malta air disaster.[1]
- 30 April 1956: A Scottish Airlines crashed on take off from Stansted Airport, Essex.[1]
- 13 September 1956: A Pacific Western Airlines York was damaged beyond repair after an accident at Cape Perry, North West Territories, Canada.[1]
- 13 September 1956: A Transair (Canada) York was damaged beyond repair after overrunning runway at Fox, Northwest Territories, Canada.[1]
- 17 September 1956: A Persian Air Services York was destroyed when a fuel tank exploded during maintenance at Stansted Airport, Essex, England.[1]
- 26 September 1956: A Maritime Central Airways York was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing in Quebec, Canada.[1]
- 8 January 1957: A Transair (Canada) York was destroyed by fire after crash landing on a lake in Hudson Bay, Canada.[1]
- 23 December 1957: A Scottish Airlines cargo York crashed near London Stansted Airport on approach to the airport killing all four crew.[1]
- 20 May 1958: A Dan-Air York was damaged beyond repair while landing at Luqa, Malta.[1]
- 25 May 1958: A Dan-Air York crashed at Guragon, Punjab, India.[1]
- 29 September 1958: A Middle East Airlines York went missing over the Mediterranean Sea somewhere between Beirut and Rome.[1]
- 15 July 1959: A Persian Air Services York crashed near Kuwait City, Kuwait.[1]
1960s
- 27 May 1960: A Trans Mediterranean Airways York was damaged beyond repair on take off from Mehrabhad Airport, Tehran, Iran.[1]
- 24 May 1961: A Trans Mediterranean Airways York crashed during an emergency landing at Azaiba, Muscat.
- 6 April 1962: A Trans Mediterranean Airways aircraft on lease to Kuwait Airways was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Lahore, Pakistan[1]
- 11 September 1962: A Trans Mediterranean Airways York crash-landed in Saudi Arabia.
- 15 March 1963: A Trans Mediterranean Airways York crashed seven miles south east of Karai, Iran.
References
Notes
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- ↑ Record of Avro York C.1 MW126 on lostaircraft.com
- ↑ Record of Avro York C.1 MW116 on lostaircraft.com
- ↑ "News in Brief." The Times, 13 April 1946, Issue 50426, p. 2, column C.
- ↑ "Accident description G-AHEW". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ↑ "23 Killed in Crash of Plane in Africa". Pittsburg Press. 7 September 1946. p. 1.
- ↑ "Associated Airways Avro York accident." aviation-safety.net. Retrieved: 21 December 2010.
Bibliography
- Eastwood, Tony and John Roach. Piston Engine Airliner Production List. West Drayton, UK: The Aviation Hobby Shop, 1991. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.
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