Hard landing Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I L1071,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22052
 
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Date:Monday 9 September 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:5 OTU RAF
Registration: L1071
MSN: 286
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF Hawarden, Flintshire
Narrative:
The aircraft landed heavily causing its undercarriage to collapse.
Repaired and returned to service with No. 58 OTU.

Sources:

Spitfire production list

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 April 1943 L1071 58 OTU RAF 0 RAF Llandow, Glamorganshire, Wales w/o
Gear-up landing
6 April 1943 L1071 53 OTU 0 RAF Llandow perimeter. w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Aug-2008 12:06 Anon. Added
02-Aug-2011 17:39 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2011 06:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
06-Nov-2012 21:02 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
07-Aug-2013 15:01 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]
02-Mar-2015 18:45 Oezil Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
27-Mar-2015 08:28 angels one five Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative]
09-Jun-2015 09:10 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
11-Feb-2021 21:04 angels one five Updated [Time, Location]
17-Jun-2023 16:23 Nepa Updated [[Time, Location]]

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