Date:	Friday 4 May 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson C Mk 12
Owner/operator:	Turnhouse CS RAF
Registration:	PH647
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Turnhouse, East Lothian
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Anson C.Mk.12 PH647, RAF Turnhouse Communications Squadron: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4/5/56. During the takeoff run, at high speed, an undercarriage collapsed. The airplane skidded on runway and eventually came to rest. Both pilots were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.193
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.129)
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-c12-raf-turnhouse

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Mar-2012 03:21	Dr. John Smith	Added
16-Aug-2012 08:16	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
04-Sep-2013 05:07	JINX	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jan-2016 19:57	JIXN	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Jun-2020 21:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Jun-2020 22:04	Digger	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]