ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21160
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| Date: | Thursday 8 August 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 100 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WK162 |
| MSN: | R3/EA3/6662 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The ASI indicator showed that the aircraft was not continuing to accelerate during take off from Alconbury, Cambs. The pilot abandoned take off and raised the undercarriage. Only one side retracted and the aircraft slewed into the landing lights and caught fire. The crew escaped safely. The aircraft was accelerating normally, the fault was caused by a defective air mileage unit.
Allocated to Ground Instructional use as 8887M on Wyton fire dump
Sources:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1089615
https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=595940
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=989
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.100squadronassociation.org.uk/history9.html]
Air Britain RAF Aircraft WA100 - WZ999
Flight International 27 Dec. 1986
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2008 20:58 | JINX | Added |
| 13-May-2009 10:39 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Apr-2013 23:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 00:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
| 03-Jun-2015 07:39 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
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