ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21223
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| Date: | Saturday 21 January 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | 661 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WK566 |
| MSN: | C1/0585 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WK566: delivered 17/3/52. RAF Service career was with the RAF College Cranwell, Lincolnshire, and 661 Squadron, RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/1/56: Suffered a power loss due to carboned up spark plugs caused by incorrect fuel settings. During an emergency landing at Finningley, South Yorkshire, the speed was too low and the aircraft side-slipped into the ground and broke off the undercarriage.
Both crew uninjured. Not repaired. Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) 25/1/56 as 71 MU RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire, and broken up for spares and produce at Bicester
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 67)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.174
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2008 13:15 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Aug-2010 02:49 | penguin832 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2011 05:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 16-Feb-2012 01:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 08-Nov-2017 10:47 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 09-Nov-2017 15:10 | harro | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 09-Jun-2020 00:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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