ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55316
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Date: | Monday 18 April 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Vulcan B.2 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Registration: | XH556 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Finningley (EGCN) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:XH556's back was found to have broken after the undercarriage collapsed during engine start up at Finningley, Yorkshire. Declared a write off and used for fire practice.
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/malcolm_taylor/556_finningley.htm http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1046939/ https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=107991 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Aug-2011 22:24 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Mar-2012 06:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-May-2012 18:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
05-Feb-2014 15:54 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
26-Nov-2023 09:41 |
Caberra1339 |
Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
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