Britten-Norman Trislander

Britten-Norman Trislander
Type:	Airliner
Design country:	United Kingdom
Manufacturer:	Britten-Norman
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

Cockpit of a Britten-Norman Trislander

Parameter	Data
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

Web links

Commons : Britten-Norman Trislander - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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.

[1] John WR Taylor (Ed.): Jane's all the world's aircraft - 1978-1979 , McDonald and Jane's Publishers Limited, 1978, p. 234

[2] Accident statistics Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.

[3] Accident report BN Trislander G-BCYC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.