Incident Hawker Audax Mk I K3086,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2151
 
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Date:Saturday 12 March 1938
Time:day
Type:Hawker Audax Mk I
Owner/operator:2 FTS RAF
Registration: K3086
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Woodsford, 5 miles ESE of Dorchester, Dorset -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Woodsford, Dorset
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Audax Mk.I K3086 2 FTS, RAF Brize Norton: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/3/38 when overshot on landing, braked & overturned at RAF Woodsford, Dorset.

NOTE: RAF Woodsford was renamed RAF Warmwell to prevent confusion with RAF Woodford, Cheshire. Hence several published sources list the crash location as "RAF Warmwell" - which is, of course, the same place!

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 21
2. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Flying_Training_School_RAF#Second_formation

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Feb-2008 05:08 JINX Added
11-Mar-2018 15:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Nov-2018 20:24 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]

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