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Date: | Monday 25 November 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Percival Provost T1 |
Owner/operator: | RAF Flying College |
Registration: | XF899 |
MSN: | PAC/56/407 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Heydour, 3 miles SE of Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Percival Provost T.Mk.1 XF899: Delivered 31/12/1955. Sole operational service career was with the RAF Flying College at Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25/11/1957: Engine cut, lost airspeed avoiding overhead wires (telephone or power cables). Force-landed near Heydour, three miles south east of Barkston Heath, Lincolnshire and undercarriage collapsed. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat.5(c). No reported injuries to the two crew.
The reported crash site of Heydour is a hamlet and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. Heydour lies about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Sleaford and 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Grantham. It forms a group of parish hamlets with Kelby, Culverthorpe, Oasby and Aisby at approximate co ordinates 52.944°N 0.499°W
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.194 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 33)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.271
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1957 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heydour 7.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2012 14:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2019 12:10 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
14-Aug-2020 21:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-May-2021 20:14 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |