ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140294
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| Date: | Friday 26 October 1962 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Airlift Antwerp |
| Registration: | OO-DEC |
| MSN: | 2487 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chièvres AFB, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Lourdes, France |
| Chievres, Belgium (EBCV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
OO-DEC: Oxford I c/n 2487 (ex RAF N4771). To Belgian Air Force as O-19 in July 1947. Civilian Registered [C of R 1333] 26.8.60 to Aero Nord, Moorsele. Re-registered 29.9.61 to Airlift Antwerp, Antwerp/Anvers.
Damaged following emergency landing Chievres Air Base 26.10.62. The hydraulic system failed en route from Lourdes to Antwerp. The crew received the permission to divert to Chièvres AFB for an emergency landing. After touchdown, the brakes were inoperative. The aircraft veered off runway and eventually collided with a ground vehicle before coming to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Remains scrapped Antwerp by 30.7.66. Registration cancelled 15.5.67, as "withdrawn from use"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
2. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Airspeed%20Oxford/airspeed_oxford%20frontpage.htm
3. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Airspeed%20Oxford/Airspeed%20Oxford%20O-19.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-chievres-afb-0
- Air-Britain Archive, March 1982, p. 11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2011 14:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-May-2017 14:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2019 14:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2019 10:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Nov-2022 20:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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