ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137393
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| Date: | Friday 12 October 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Folland Gnat T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE |
| Registration: | XM696 |
| MSN: | FL506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Chilbolton, Hampshire |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Impacted onto the runway heavily at Chilbolton, Hampshire which removed the starboard tyre and badly damaged the underside of the aircraft. The pilot overshot and made a wheels up landing at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
Wreckage reportedly removed to HSA at Brough, North Yorkshire, where used as a full-size mock up for wind tunnel experiments. Removed in February 1976, and reportedly sent to the J. Shackleton & Co scrapyard at Siddal, Halifax, West Yorkshire
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20121025182700/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Folland_Gnat.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?30369-Bucc-Section-At-Halifax-In-1976
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=501
7. http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/photographs/follandgnat.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2011 11:51 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 10-Jun-2013 12:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2013 22:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 17:37 | Route | Updated [Operator] |
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