Date:	Thursday 14 October 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Bristol Brigand B Mk 1
Owner/operator:	Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd
Registration:	RH824
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mill Farm, Northwick, Pilning, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Filton Aerodrome, Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Bristol Brigand B. Mk.1 RH824, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd: Written off (destroyed) 15 October 1948: On second production test flight, port engine over-speeded and all four propeller blades detached, severing part of the nose structure then hitting starboard propeller and overstressing the engine mount, causing engine to detach. Pilot managed a forced landing, but was killed by impact with a tree at Mill Farm, Northwick, Pilning, Gloucestershire

Pilot - who was seconded to Bristol to test Brigand - was Squadron Leader Douglas Dennision Weightman DFC, ARB Chief Test Pilot

In memory of the pilot, the UK Flight Safety Committee have created and perpetuated the annual Douglas Weightman Safety Award

Northwick is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England, first mentioned in 955. The hamlet lies on the river Severn, between Pilning and Aust. It was part of the tything of Northwick with Redwick in the ancient parish of Henbury. It is now in the parish of Pilning and Severn Beach.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.80. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.438
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2431: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578277
4. https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=187
5. http://www.rafexeterarchive.org.uk/weightman.htm
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/awards/details.php?qnum=41084&qname=WEIGHTMAN
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwick,_South_Gloucestershire .

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Dec-2019 19:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Dec-2019 19:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
02-Dec-2019 19:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
02-Dec-2019 19:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]