Status: | |
Date: | Friday 9 October 1953 |
Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | TG559 |
MSN: | HP67/50 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Abingdon RAF Station (ABB) ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Abingdon RAF Station (ABB/EGUD), United Kingdom |
Narrative:Hit the ground in fog at night.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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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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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.