ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18832
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| Date: | Thursday 5 June 1947 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax C.8 |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd (LAC) |
| Registration: | G-AIHW |
| MSN: | 1357 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Valencia Airport, Valencia, Spain (VLC/LEVC) |
| London/Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Halifax C. Mk. VIII PP284: Struck off charge and sold. First civil registered (C of R 10692/1; C of A 8647) 6 September 1946 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd., Stanley Park Aerodrome, Blackpool, Lancashire
Written off 5 June 1947: Crashed on night landing at London Heathrow Airport with cargo of six tons of apricots. Following a wrong approach configuration, the aircraft landed very hard. After being parked on apron, the technician proceeded to a complete inspection of the airframe, which revealed that the fuselage was buckled. The aircraft was declared as damaged beyond economical repair.
Probable cause: Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew who failed to follow the published approach procedure and failed to complete a correct flare, causing the aircraft to land hard.
Registration G-AIHW cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry, 3 July 1947 as "permanently withdrawn from use".
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-heathrow
2. http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/les_halifax_ii_v_iii_vi_et_vii_/index.html
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIHW.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jun-2010 13:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 05-Jun-2010 12:01 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2012 08:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2014 17:38 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2014 17:39 | TB | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 07-Mar-2017 23:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2018 09:06 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 22-Dec-2018 09:50 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 01:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Nov-2019 18:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 18:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2023 11:24 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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