ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25033
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| Date: | Monday 18 November 1946 |
| Time: | 22:15 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk VII |
| Owner/operator: | 21 HGCU RAF |
| Registration: | PP367 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Elsham, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Elsham Wolds |
Halifax PP367 ("FE-PA"): Written off (damaged beyond repair). Elevator control failed on take-off & undercarriage raised to stop.
Based on the picture referred to below (link #2) it looks like it suffered a "ground loop" coming off the side of the runway at speed, skidding around and the port tyre has come off the rim causing it to dig in and the subsequent final swing to throw the weight forward and make it nose over. According to a published source (see link #1)
"From the 21 HGCU ORB: Elsham Wolds, Nov. 18th 1946 - Halifax PP367 burst port tyre on landing 22.15 hrs. Cat AC. No Casualties."
(The unit operating PP367 - 21 HGCU (Heavy Glider Conversion Unit) - was tasked training pilots for glider towing, specifically the larger types of troop carryng gliders, such as the Airspeed Horsa)
Sources:
1. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?117363-Halifax-Photo-on-Flickr&highlight=PP373
2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/boringblurb/6413066407/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Glider_Conversion_Unit
4. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/21hgcu/21hgcu.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Apr-2013 05:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 05:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2013 02:19 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2017 01:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2017 01:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 13:26 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-May-2023 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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