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Date: | Monday 1 September 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
Owner/operator: | 2 RFS RAF |
Registration: | WB576 |
MSN: | C1/0028 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester |
Destination airport: | Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 WB576, 2 RFS (Reserve Flying School), RAF: Delivered 20/3/1950.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/9/1952 when undershot on approach, and hit boundary post at Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester. The pilot encountered a downdraught on approach to Barton Airfield, and failed to apply sufficient engine power to counteract the downdraught. The aircraft undershot the runway, struck a boundary post, landed hard, and ground looped on impact with the ground.
Not repaired; Formally struck off charge 23/9/1952 as Cat.5(Scrap). Although the aircraft was wrecked, the two crew were uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 286
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB 5.
http://web.archive.org/web/20131104114350/http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=6722 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2008 10:48 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jun-2008 12:03 |
JINX |
Updated |
15-Mar-2013 12:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Nov-2018 21:00 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Mar-2021 18:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Mar-2021 18:37 |
Werich |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |