Date:	Monday 19 March 1951
Time:
Type:	Handley Page Hastings C.2
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	WD478
MSN:	HP67/106
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Strubby RAF Station -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Strubby RAF Station
Destination airport:	Strubby RAF Station

Narrative:
Hastings WD478 was flying sorties out of RAF Strubby. During one of these sorties the aircraft climbed steeply after takeoff. The airplane stalled and dived into the ground. The elevator trim was possibly set fully up, causing the plane to stall.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings

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