ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336555
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| Date: | Monday 22 November 1948 |
| Time: | 17:08 |
| Type: |  Avro 691 Lancastrian C.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Flight Refuelling |
| Registration: | G-AHJW |
| MSN: | RSLB127336 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Conholt Park -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Wunstorf RAF Station |
| Tarrant Rushton RAF Station |
Lancastrian G-AHWJ took off from RAF Wunsdorf at 14:56 for a flight to Tarrant Rushton to undergo a periodic maintenance inspection. The airplane strayed about 24 miles off course while homing in on an incorrect beacon. It struck trees on a hill, crashed and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was the result of the aircraft striking trees while being flown at a low altitude in conditions of poor visibility. The reason for the deviation from track cannot be determined, but it seems probable that the aircraft was being 'homed' on the Netheravon Beacon."
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