Hard landing Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WP895,
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Date:Tuesday 12 July 1960
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
Owner/operator:Southampton UAS RAF
Registration: WP895
MSN: C1/0765
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hamble, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Hamble, Hampshire
Destination airport:Hamble, Hampshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off in a heavy landing at Hamble, Hants. Deemed damaged beyond economic repair and struck off charge as Cat.5(gi). To No.2 AEF for Ground instructional use as 7650M

In 1965, sold off for civilian use, and it was rebuilt as G-ATTS: first registered as such to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd on 29/04/1966 as a "Turbo-Chipmunk" with a 90hp Rover gas turbine engine replacing the standard powerplant. Latger (in 1969) sold to the USA as N2247, and still currently registered as such, although the Rover Turbo engine has long since been replaced by the standard piston engine

Sources:

www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
http://www.na3t.org/air/photo/AB01166
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1036652/
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATTS.pdf
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N2247&x=18&y=15

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Nov-2011 14:37 Dr. John Smith Added
11-Nov-2011 08:45 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Nov-2011 08:55 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
11-Nov-2011 09:16 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2020 08:11 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator]

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