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Date: | Wednesday 15 August 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 1958 Flt/661 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | TW583 |
MSN: | 2455 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Netheravon, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire (EGLS) |
Destination airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Taylorcraft Auster AOP.6, TW583, 1958 Flight/661 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15/8/1951 when bounced on landing, came down heavilty from the bounce, then ran on for a short distance, in a tail-high attitude. The propeller struck the ground and the aircraft nose over then overturned at Netheravon, Wiltshire. As far as is known the crew survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.117 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-SZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.166
4.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2349 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._661_Squadron_RAF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
08-Mar-2013 10:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
08-Apr-2013 19:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
24-Dec-2020 10:26 |
Jixon |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
24-Dec-2020 10:33 |
JEPA |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
06-Feb-2021 19:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |