ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16179
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Date: | Thursday 10 October 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
Registration: | L4659 |
MSN: | 126 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province -
Iraq
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province, Iraq |
Destination airport: | RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province, Iraq |
Narrative:Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.I L4659 of 4 FTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 October 1940. The crew was completing a training flight. Shortly after touchdown, a tyre burst. The aircraft swerved, veered off runway and came to rest. Both occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Cause of accident: Tyre burst on landing.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-habbaniya-afb Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Mar-2008 16:53 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Aug-2017 20:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Nov-2018 18:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
21-Mar-2019 22:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
23-Mar-2019 12:29 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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