ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183814
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| Date: | Friday 11 October 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.21 |
| Owner/operator: | RNAY Belfast FAA RN |
| Registration: | XG626 |
| MSN: | 12956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Victoria Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAY Sydenham (HMS Gannet), Belfast |
| RNAY Sydenham (HMS Gannet), Belfast | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 XG626: Built by De Havilland at Broughton, Chester. Never saw any operational service. Delivered to the FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy) at HMS Blackcap RNAS Stretton AHU 22/3/1956. Transferred to HMS Gannet, RNAY Belfast for checks and modifications 8/10/1956. Returned to HMS Blackcap RNAS Stretton upon completion of work 8/1/1957. Back to RNAY Belfast for further modifications and overhaul 25/9/1957
Written off (destroyed) in a crash on 11/10/1957. Aircraft was on a post-overhaul test flight. The engine failed on take off from the Royal Naval Aircraft Yard (RNAY) at Sydenham, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (a.k.a. "HMS Gannet" in Royal Naval parlance). The pilot climbed to 150 feet and ejected, but the height was insufficient for his chute to open, and he was killed. The aircraft crashed on a soccer field near Victoria Park. The pilot was Lieutenant Francis CREAGH-OSBORNE (aged 28), who died of injuries sustained.
Wreckage to HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent AIU (Aircraft Investigation Unit) for crash investigation. Formally authorise to be Struck Off Charge and RSP (Reduced to Spaes & Produce) as Cat.ZZ on 1/11/1958
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant et al, Air Britain, 2004 p 195)
2. Diário de Lisboa 20 February 1958, p 9
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
3. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1956-59.htm
4. http://www.themuirfamily.com/tree/00000292.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH112%20prodn%20list.txt
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XG
7. https://tree.rogerco.uk/webtrees/tree/rcotree1/individual/I003/Francis-Creagh-Osborne
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Belfast
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2016 10:33 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Jul-2017 17:39 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2019 17:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2019 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Nov-2019 16:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Aug-2020 20:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2020 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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