Status:	Final
Date:	Saturday 17 September 1960
Type:	Vickers 802 Viscount
Operator:	British European Airways - BEA
Registration:	G-AOJE
C/n / msn:	154
First flight:	1957-01-10 (3 years 8 months)
Engines:	4 Rolls-Royce Dart 510
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Aircraft fate:	Repaired
Location:	Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER) (   United Kingdom)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	Jersey-States Airport, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ), United Kingdom

Narrative:
After touchdown the nosewheel retracted and the aircraft continued along the runway with the lower part of the forward fuselage touching the runway surface. The aircraft stopped after travelling about 400yards.
Functional checks of the nose landing gear carried out after the aircraft was removed from the runway did not reveal any faults in the hydraulic or electrical systems.

Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap

» Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA