ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163333
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| Date: | Friday 6 June 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34 |
| Owner/operator: | 540 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | RG176 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Benson | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Mosquito RG176: Took off for training flight. 06/06/1952
On return the pilot could not get the undercarriage to lock down on final approach to Benson, so he opted to overshoot the approach, and raise the undercarriage while "going around again" in the RAF Benson circuit.
As the retraction sequence for the main undercarriage was sluggish, the pilot diagnosed that the aircraft had hydraulic problems (low hydraulic pressure and/or a hydraulic leak), so he decided to make a landiing on the grass at RAF Benson, whereupon the undercarriage collapsed on touchdown. Aircraft written off.
Crew:
F/Lt (50530) Roland Louis Ernest “Monty” BURTON AFC & bar (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/Lt (154.643) Donald Herbert “Don” GANNON DFC AFC (nav.) RAF - Ok
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 540 Sqdn RAF
3. https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/uk/raf/mosquito2/mosquito-pr-34-rg176/
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422933
5. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.
Media:
DeHavilland Mosquito RG176 at the A&AEE Boscombe Down in January 1945
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: DE HAVILLAND DH 98 MOSQUITO. © IWM (ATP 13464B) Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2014 14:43 | Nepa | Added |
| 13-Jul-2014 14:42 | Rata | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2015 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2018 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2020 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Mar-2021 19:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2021 17:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 16:33 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2021 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Jan-2022 19:25 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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