Incident Avro Vulcan B.2 XH556,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55316
 
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Date:Monday 18 April 1966
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic VULC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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