ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228422
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| Date: | Thursday 22 August 2019 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | Propshop Ltd |
| Registration: | G-PRXI |
| MSN: | 6S/533723 - PL983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midden-Zeeland Airport, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Duxford Airport (QFO/EGSU) |
| Midden Zeeland Airfield (EHMZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | Dutch Safety Board |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
G-PRXI, a Supermarine Spitfire with one pilot on board was en route from Duxford Airfield in the United Kingdom to Ede in the Netherlands for a memorial fly-past. The pilot made a stop-over to refuel at Midden Zeeland Airport.
A normal touch down and roll out was made, but after approximately 250 metres, the left gear started to fold in.
Before the aeroplane came to a stop, it tipped on its nose. The wooden propeller was destroyed and the spinner was
dented. The pilot was unharmed.
The conditions for landing were wind from 270 degrees at 10 knots gusting up to 15, with visibility more than 10 km.
The technical investigation, performed by the company that owned the aeroplane, revealed no defects that could
have caused the collapse of the gear. It is noteworthy that this type of Spitfire has a retractable tail wheel with a separate green light indication. After selecting the gear down, the pilot most likely mistook the tail wheel green light for the gear down indication of the main gear.
Sources:
https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/114783/Historisch-vliegtuig-crasht-op-vliegveld-Midden-Zeeland
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Previous ASN occurence : https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/89964
http://bdd.deltareflex.com/cns_affiche.php?image=9076
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry/spitfire-pl983.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2019 16:58 | harro | Added |
| 22-Aug-2019 17:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2019 17:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2019 19:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Aug-2019 19:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 05-Oct-2020 09:39 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 08:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Jun-2022 08:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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