No items
Catalogue description The BEA Trident 1 aircraft accident at Staines Middlesex on 18 June 1972. Reports on the...
Ordering and viewing options
This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded.
You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew.
You will need a reader's ticket to do this.
Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you.
| Reference: | DR 11/74 |
|---|---|
| Description: |
The BEA Trident 1 aircraft accident at Staines Middlesex on 18 June 1972. Reports on the accident: witnesses' and radiotelephony transcripts, sections A,B,C,D,F,G,I. Report contains 13 photographs of the accident site and wreckage of the airplane: 1) Colour photograph of general wreckage from ground level. Size 19cm x 27cm. 2) Colour photograph of crash site from the air. Size 19cm x 27cm. 3) Colour photograph of general wreckage and investigators. Size 19cm x 27cm. 4)"Control input - Port droop leading edge control unit - setting as found (Corresponds to port droop leading edge being UP)." Size 21cm x 30cm. 5)"Port droop leading edge control unit - in situ." Size 21cm x 30cm. 6)"Resetter sleeve - Port droop leading edge control unit - Setting as found (Corresponds to port droop leading edge being UP)." Size 21cm x 30cm. 7)"Control input - Starboard droop leading edge control unit - Setting as found (Corresponds to starboard droop leading edge being UP)." Size 21cm x 30cm. 8)"Starboard droop leading edge control unit - in situ." Size 21cm x 30cm. 9)"Resetter sleeve - Starboard droop leading edge control unit - setting as found (Corresponds to starboard droop leading edge being UP)." Size 21cm x 30cm. 10)"Flap/droop leading edge control quadrant - in situ. Flap and droop control (nearest camera) levers in 'selected UP' settings." Size 21cm x 30cm. 11)"Flap/droop leading edge control quadrant during process of being cut out of flight deck control console. Note backplate in close proximity to droop lever pulley plates." Size 21cm x 30cm. 12)"Section of back plate of flap/droop control quadrant showing imprints of droop lever pulley plates." Size 21cm x 30cm. 13)"Stick pusher manual inhibit lever in 'pulled' or 'inhibited' position as found." Size 21cm x 30cm. Includes 3 photographs depicting: Aircraft accident: Trident 1C G-ARPI (BEA) at Staines By-Pass, Middx: wreckage (photographs in colour). See also DR 11/75,77. Dated 1972. |
| Date: | 1961 April - 1972 Dec |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | Acc 1928 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Restrictions on use: | Photographs may remain in copyright |
| Record opening date: | 01 January 2003 |
Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Let us know