ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166523
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| Date: | Sunday 27 July 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 23 |
| Owner/operator: | Fison-Airwork Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APMN |
| MSN: | C1-0128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fox's Farm, Potterhanworth Fen, 6 miles SE of Lincoln, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Leavesden, Hertfordshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10 WB680. Delivered 17.6.50 RAF service with 5 RFS and 13 Group Comms Flight. Struck off charge 21.3.58 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down. Sold to De Havilland Aircraft Ltd., Hatfield, and civil registered as G-APMN on 21.4.58. Converted by DH at Leavesden, Hertfordshire to be the prototype single-seat Chipmunk Mk.23 crop-spraying configuration, and loaned to Fison-Airwork Ltd for trials and evaluation.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27.7.58 when crashed at Fox's Farm, Potterhanworth Fen, North Kesteven, six miles south-east of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Registration G-APMN cancelled by the CAA on 6.8.58 as "destroyed". Wreckage reportedly taken to Croydon Airport for accident investigation, later dumped at Biggin Hill, Kent
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APMN.pdf
2. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1958/1958-1-%20-%200067.PDF
3. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potterhanworth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2014 23:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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