Britten-Norman Trislander
Britten-Norman Trislander | |
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Type: | Airliner |
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First flight: |
September 11, 1970 |
Production time: |
until 1982 |
Number of pieces: |
72 |
The Britten Norman Trislander (more precisely: BN-2A Mk III Trislander ) is a civil passenger aircraft with 18 seats (1 pilot, 17 passengers), which is propelled by three propeller engines. The maiden flight of this type took place on September 11, 1970.
construction
The type is a stretched version of the Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander . The tail unit is completely new. The piston engine mounted in the vertical stabilizer is unique. Another special feature of the Trislander is that it does not have a continuous corridor. The seating arrangement is usually a pilot and passenger in the cockpit and 16 seats for passengers, two next to each other in the main cabin. The bench seats are accessed via two doors on the left and three on the right. The luggage compartment in the rear part of the fuselage has its own access door on the left. Like the BN-2 Islander, the Trislander is not equipped with a pressurized cabin .
Incidents
From the first flight in 1970 to February 2020, there were 26 total losses with Britten-Norman Trislander; this corresponds to 36% of all machines built. In 8 of them 49 people were killed. Extracts:
- On May 15, 1979 a BN-2A Trislander Mk III-1 of the British Loganair ( aircraft registration G-BCYC ) was irreparably damaged at Aberdeen Airport ( Scotland ) for unknown reasons. There was no personal injury. The wreck of the machine was taken over by Aurigny Air Services , another Trislander operator.
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 1 |
Passengers | 17th |
length | 15.01 m |
span | 16.15 m |
height | 4.29 m |
Takeoff mass | 4500 kg |
Top speed | 463 km / h |
Max. Cruising speed | approx. 290 km / h |
Service ceiling | 4000 m |
Range | 1600 km |
Engines | 3 × Lycoming O-540 -E4C5 with 263 HP each |
See also
Web links
- Airliners.net: The Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk.3 Trislander , history and technical data
- Photo right side of the fuselage
Individual evidence
- ^ John WR Taylor (Ed.): Jane's all the world's aircraft - 1978-1979 , McDonald and Jane's Publishers Limited, 1978, p. 234
- ^ Accident statistics Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.
- ↑ Accident report BN Trislander G-BCYC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.