How A Grass Runway Led To The First Hull Loss Of An Avro 748

At smaller airports, runways with grass surfaces are not an uncommon feature. However, they typically only handle smaller aircraft, with larger planes making use of the paved landing strips that have become more common as flying machines have increased in size and weight. Back in 1965, for one Avro 748 turboprop airliner, a grass runway would result in terminal damage.