ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139845
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| Date: | Sunday 23 May 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 AEF RAF |
| Registration: | WP979 |
| MSN: | C1/0845 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Teversham Airfield, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Teversham Airfield, Cambridgeshire (CBG/EGSC) |
| Teversham Airfield, Cambridgeshire (CBG/EGSC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23.5.1982: Crashed into a field on approach to Cambridge after the instructor was taken ill (chest pains/heart attack) and lost control. Both persons on board (pilot and ATC Cadet passenger) were slightly injured. the pilot was taken to Papworth Hospital in Cambridge for a check up. Per eyewitness report:
"We only ever lost one" [Chipmunk] "WP979 pancaked into a field when the pilot had a blackout on final approach - no serious injuries, but the poor old Chipmunk was totally wrecked."
Wreckage recovered to RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk, where scrapped in 1993
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983 p.87)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19820523_wp979.pdf
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?23361-Jump-jump-John&p=314871
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1982.htm
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1089499/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2011 12:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Jun-2013 03:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2014 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2018 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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