North 262

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North 262
Nord 262 of the French Navy
Nord 262 of the French Navy
Type: Short-haul feeder aircraft
Design country:

FranceFrance France

Manufacturer:

Nord Aviation

First flight:

December 24, 1962

Production time:

1962 to 1976

Number of pieces:

110

The Nord 262 (from the Nord 262C series: "Frégate") is a short-haul feeder aircraft from the French manufacturer Nord Aviation , which made its maiden flight on December 24, 1962 and is powered by two turboprop engines. Since the merger to form Aérospatiale , the aircraft type has continued to be produced by them.

history

North 262 of Cimber Air , 1972
North 262 of Tempelhof Airways , Tempelhof Airport, 1987

The Nord 262 is a further development of the Nord 260 Super Broussard , originally developed by the manufacturer Société des Avions Max Holste , and in contrast to this has a pressure-ventilated passenger cabin in a circular instead of box-shaped fuselage. The design was based on Air France's request for a short-haul aircraft for its regional airlines. Construction work for the Nord 262 began in spring 1961.

The first flight took place on December 24, 1962. While the prototype and the first three pre-series copies were still being assembled in Châtillon-sous-Bagneux , further series production took place in Bourges . The first machine of the final series version flew on June 8, 1964 and differed from the first four machines by an extended fin. Approval in France was granted on July 16, 1964, the FAA on March 15, 1965.

The Nord 262 entered service on July 24, 1964 with the regional airline Air Inter , which had a total of four machines in its fleet. In 1970, Nord-Aviation was taken over by the French Aérospatiale. The Nord 262 came on the market in the early 1970s in the improved version N 262C and was then marketed as the Aérospatiale N 262. A total of 110 pieces were built.

In Germany the Nord 262 was used by the Interregional Fluggesellschaft and Cimber Air . The US American Tempelhof Airways , which is based in Berlin , also used two Nord 262s from the Berlin-Tempelhof city ​​airport from 1985 to 1991 . The Lufthansa examined also the - at that time still Max Holste MH.262 called - machine for possible use on domestic routes.

It was also used by the French Air Force as a feeder and ambulance transport aircraft, as well as by the French Navy.

construction

The N 262 is a twin-engine full-metal shoulder-wing aircraft, with the exception of the fabric-covered elevator and rudder. The wings are equipped with two wing spars and have a V-position of 3 °. It has two propeller turbines of the French type Turbomeca Bastan VI or VII. The top speed is 418 km / h and the cruising speed is 400 km / h. Fully loaded with 29 passengers and a two-man crew, she has a range of 1050 kilometers. The transfer range is 2,400 kilometers, the summit height 8,000 meters. The curb weight is 6934 kg. The maximum take-off weight is 10,800 kg.

Versions

N 262
Three prototypes, one of which was later converted to the N 262A. First flight December 24, 1962.
N 262A
Built according to the N 262B. First production version, 71 built. FAA approved March 15, 1965, first delivery to Lake Central Airlines (later Allegheny Airlines ) August 17, 1965.
N 262B
Built before the N 262A. Four pre-series machines for Air Inter . First flight June 8, 1964, registered July 16, 1964, in regular service from July 24, 1964.
N 262C Frégate
The span was increased by 70 cm to 22.60 m. Also equipped with more powerful Bastan VIIC engines with 854 kW (1145 shp). It was approved on December 24, 1970. A total of 9 built.
N 262D Frégate
Military version of the N 262C, identical characteristics. 24 units were built for the French Air Force (Armée de l'air).

Modifications

North 262E Frégate

Twelve Nord 262A of the French naval aviation ( Aéronavale ) were converted to N 262E. They are used for maritime surveillance and training of pilots and mechanics.

Mohawk 298

Nine Nord 262s were converted for Allegheny Airlines between 1975 and 1978 to meet U.S. certification requirements. For this purpose, the engines were replaced by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 A-45 with five-blade propellers.

Military users

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Incidents

From the first flight in 1962 to November 2018 there were 16 total losses of the Nord 262 and Mohawk 298. In 9 of them 112 people were killed. Examples:

  • On December 31, 1970, a Rousseau Aviation Nord 262E ( aircraft registration F-BNGB) disappeared on a charter flight from Algiers to the Spanish airport of Menorca . There were 27 passengers and 3 crew members on board. The Spanish side suspected that the machine crashed about 100 km from the Algerian coast after an emergency call was sent by its pilots.
  • On November 12, 1973, a Nord 262B-11 of Rousseau Aviation (F-BLHT) had to make an emergency landing near Craon (Mayenne) due to lack of fuel . The machine had not previously been refueled in Lyon, and the pilots had not checked the fuel level before taking off from Tours Airport . Both passengers and the three crew members survived.
  • On December 29, 1973, a North 262A-24 was the Rousseau Aviation (F-BNTT) on the airport Dole Tavaux irreparable damage.
  • On January 24, 1979 a Nord 262A-44 of Air Algérie (7T-VSU) was flown into the ground on the approach to Bechar airport 15 kilometers from the destination. While the three-man crew survived, 14 of the 20 passengers were killed.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
Passengers 29
length 19.28 m
span 21.90 m
height 6.31 m
Wing area 55.00 m²
Empty mass 6,654 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 10,800 kg
drive 2 × Turboprop Turbomeca Bastan VI C with 794 kW each (1.065 shp)
Top speed 385 km / h
Cruising speed 360 km / h
Service ceiling 7,300 m
Range 1,100 km

Others

Sometimes the designation of the Ilyushin Il-62 aircraft type , actually i-el ..., is pronounced straight away and is misinterpreted as a Roman numeral: "two - sixty-two".

literature

  • John WR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft, 1976-1977 . London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976, ISBN 0-354-00538-3 .
  • John WR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft, 1977-1978 . Jane's Yearbooks, London 1977, ISBN 0-354-00551-0 .

Web links

Commons : Nord 262  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John WR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft, 1971-1972 . Jane's Yearbooks, London 1972, p. 39.
  2. ↑ Photos from Nord 262 to IFG and Cimber Air (D-CIFG) can be found at airliners.net
  3. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1983 to 1991.
  4. ↑ Flight International, August 24, 1961, pp 269 (English) , accessed on 1 February 2016th
  5. ^ John Stroud: European Transport Aircraft since 1910. Putnam & Company, London 1966, pp. 171–174.
  6. ↑ a b c d Taylor 1977, p. 39.
  7. ↑ Taylor 1977, p. 40.
  8. ↑ Taylor 1976, p. 338.
  9. ^ The Aerospatiale N-262 Fregate & Mohawk 298 . Airliners.net , accessed August 6, 2011.
  10. ↑ Accident Statistics North 262 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Accident report North 262 F-BNGB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 13, 2018.
  12. ^ Accident report North 262 F-BLHT , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2018.
  13. ^ Accident report North 262 F-BNTT , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2018.
  14. ^ Accident report North 262 7T-VSU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2018.
  15. ^ Accident report Nord 262 / Mohawk 298 N29824 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 27, 2017.
  16. ↑ Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-1966
  17. ↑ Flugzeuginfo.net
  18. ↑ The worst accidents in the GDR (1) Doc ML, youtube.com, December 25, 2016, accessed April 13, 2019. Video 40: 33/59: 08