Date:	Friday 13 February 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Handley Page Halifax Mk VIII
Owner/operator:	Handley Page Aircraft Ltd.
Registration:	PP285
MSN:	1358
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Radlett Airfield, Radlett, Hertfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Radlett Airfield, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:	Radlett Airfield, Hertfordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Handley Page Halifax Mk. VIII PP285: Retained by Handley Page for test purposes in overall silver/natural metal finish (photographed as such 16/05/1945). The aircraft was retained by Handley Page aircraft for tests and trials of powered flying controls, and reverse pitch propellors.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13.2.1948: The crew consisting of pilots and engineers from the manufacturer Handley Page Aircraft was completing a test flight in Radlett. Upon landing, at Radlett Airfield, Radlett, Hertfordshire, an undercarriage leg collapsed. The aircraft went out of control and veered off runway before coming to rest. All four occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Causes: Undercarriage collapsed on landing, and swung off runway. Wreckage to 58 MU RAF Honington, where scrapped. Struck Off Charge 30.3.48.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.72. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.379
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp70-halifax-viii-radlett
5. http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/color-photos/p4819-handley-page-halifax-c-mk-viii.html
6. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1573&start=40
7. http://themodellersblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/fonderie-miniature-halifax-b-iii-148.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radlett_Aerodrome

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jun-2010 13:00	TB	Added
05-May-2013 08:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2013 19:52	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
08-Mar-2017 01:06	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2019 23:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
01-Dec-2023 11:25	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]