ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212533
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Date: | Friday 23 August 1929 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM |
Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
Registration: | J9471 |
MSN: | AW.388 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hill Top Farm, Harrowby Hall, Hall Lane, near Grantham, Lincolnshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM J9471, 3 FTS, RAF Grantham: Written off (destroyed) 23/8/1929 when spun into the ground on practice forced landing approach, Hill Top Farm, Harrowby Hall, Hall Lane, near Grantham, Lincolnshire (at approximate co ordinates 52.9115°N 0.6098°). One of the crew of two was killed, the other injured:
LAC Ernest George Pritchard Lane (Service Number 364690, aged 21) killed
Flight Lt Reginald Pyne seriously injured
AW Atlas J9471 was one of a batch of 30 aircraft (J9448-J9477 c/n AW.365-AW.394) ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Whitley, to contract 837620/28 to meet Specification 12/28.
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm 2.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17392-RAF-fatalities-1929 3.
http://britishaviation-ptp.com/aw_atlas.html 4.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1920s-incident-logs#1929 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowby_Hall Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jun-2018 22:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
20-Nov-2018 18:15 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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