Incident Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 WT893,
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Date:Friday 4 October 1963
Time:
Type:Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3
Owner/operator:2 GC ATC RAF
Registration: WT893
MSN: 688
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Kirton-in-Lindsay, Lincolnshire (EGKL)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
C/no 688 T.31B Cadet TX3 WT893 built for RAF under Contract No 6/Acft./6023/c.b.8a. Delivered 17/10/51.

Written off 4/10/1963: damaged beyond economical repair in a flying accident at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire. Struck off charge: sold to the RAF Gliding & Soaring Association, and became RAF GSA 329.Later became BGA1227, but withdrawn from use in April 1974, and believed later scrapped.

Sources:

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t31.htm
3. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/33519626/BGA0100---FLYER-Air-Portal---Home-of-the-UKs-favourite-general.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Oct-2013 23:21 Dr. John Smith Added
12-Nov-2019 22:47 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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