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Date: | Thursday 9 April 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 |
Owner/operator: | Benson SF RAF |
Registration: | WH230 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (BEX/EGUB) England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Gloster Metoer T.Mk.7 WH230, RAF Benson Station Flight: delivered 21/02/1952. Written off 9/4/1953, when crashed on approach to RAF Benson, Oxfordshire. The aircraft struck the ground in the undershoot area of RAF Benson, with its starboard wing low. On impact, the aircraft caught fire, and was completely destroyed.
The cause of the accident was that the pilot approached to land at RAF Benson, while 1,100 pounds overweight (due to the unused fuel load on board), and at an approach speed approximately 20 knots below normal landing speed. As far as is known, while the aircraft was destroyed (burnt out), the pilot survived.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 144 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 359
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WH Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2008 01:31 |
JINX |
Added |
12-May-2015 13:04 |
Victor III |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
03-Dec-2018 17:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
05-Nov-2019 10:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
19-Apr-2021 23:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
23-Apr-2021 23:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-Jul-2023 07:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |