ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144500
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| Date: | Sunday 16 September 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson T.21 |
| Owner/operator: | Queens UAS RAF |
| Registration: | VS589 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Castlereagh Manse, Northern Ireland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Belfast Harbour Airport, Sydenham, Belfast (BHD/EGAC) |
| Belfast Harbour Airport, Sydenham, Belfast (BHD/EGAC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson T.21 VS589, Queens UAS (University Air Squadron): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/9/1956: Force-landed into a field at Castlereagh Manse, Northern Ireland after control was lost and the aircraft was unable to maintain altitude during a practice single engine approach at Belfast Harbour Airport.
The pilot, a Mr. Ira Glenn Akrigg Fothergill, a civilian contractor working for Short Brothers and Harland, was uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 81)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.212
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 144)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlereagh_(borough)
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-c19-belfast
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2012 03:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-May-2013 06:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2020 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2022 07:24 | Guy Fothergill | Updated [Narrative] |
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