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Date: | Tuesday 20 January 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF. XVIe |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | TD284 |
MSN: | CBAF10462 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Spitfire TD284: MSN CBAF.10462. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Delivered to 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 21-3-45. To CGS (Central Gunnery School) RAF Leconfield, Beverley, Yorkshire 11-7-45. To 17 FTS 28-5-46. To CFS (Central Flying School) RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire 3-4-47.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20-1-48 when lost power on take-off, overshot and hit fence at RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
The pilot did not complete his vital actions prior to take-off and left the throttle friction nut untightened. During the take-off, the propellor pitch lever vibrated from the 'fully fine' position, and the throttle also slipped back, leading to a reduction of power during the take-off run.
The pilot realised that the engine was not delivering full power, and attempted to abandon the take-off. The Spitfire then ran off the end of the runway at Little Rissington, and was severely damaged when it crashed through a barbed wire perimeter fence
Damage initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable) 20-1-48. Repairs on site begun, but later abandoned and aircraft Struck Off Charge 23-2-48 as Cat.E2 (Flying Accident).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.365
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB CFS RAF for the period 1-4-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1787:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p110.html 6.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TD284 7.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91046-td284 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Rissington#Central_Flying_School:_1946_to_1976 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-May-2023 17:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
01-May-2023 20:51 |
Nepa |
Updated |