Sud Est SE.210-10R Caravelle c/n 263
Historical Data / Données historiques:
Intended for AVIACO but not taken over
First flight: 12.1.1970
Leased to STERLING as OY-SAZ (16.1.1970)
Returned to SNIAS as F-WJAN (27.10.1971)
Leased to LTU as D-ABAF (13.1.1972)
Returned to SNIAS as F-OCKH (19.1.1976)
Sold to TRANSEUROPA as EC-CYI on 14.1.1977
Went later to TRANSWEDE SE-DEC
Crashed on 6.1.1987 at Stockholm-Arlanda: The nose pitched
down
at a height of 10 metres after Takeoff. The Caravelle hit the runway
hard causing the
landing gear to collapse. The aircraft slidded off the runway and
caught fire.
Probable cause: Flight control problems and ice accumulation on
stabilizer (see foto)
Caravelle 10R OY-SAZ STERLING at Le Bourget April 1970 Photo by
Alain Picollet
Caravelle 10R (c/n 263) EC-CYI of HISPANIA (Photo by Peter Frei)
SE-DEC (cn 263) a few hours after the crash on January 6, 1987, at the end
of rwy 08. Cause of crash later determined to be "clear ice" on
the wings.
(photo and text Kenneth Bärlund)