Date: | Friday 15 October 1999 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-2R |
Owner/operator: | R. Warren Davies |
Registration: | RA-01641 |
MSN: | 1G190-47 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mitton Airstrip -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Long Marston Airfield (EGBL) |
Destination airport: | Mitton Airstrip |
Narrative:The undercarriage of the aircraft collapsed when it struck a tree stump on the approach to landing at Mitton Airstrip, Staffordshire. Damaged was caused to the fuselage underside, undercarriage and propeller.
The front fuselage section was recovered for preservation when aircraft was later cut up for scrap.
Sources:
Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire
key.aero/forum Location
Images:
photo (c) Peter Clarke; Mitton Airstrip; 13 March 2008
photo (c) Peter Clarke; Mitton Airstrip; 13 March 2008
photo (c) Graham Summers; Brooklands Airport (EGLB); May 1997
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