Date:	Thursday 4 July 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Tempest Mk V
Owner/operator:	20 MU RAF
Registration:	NX189
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Hawker Tempest Mk.V NX189, 20 MU, RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire: Written off (destroyed) 4 July 1946. Caught fire while the aircraft's engine was running up on the ground prior to taxiing at RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire.

Engine had run up to a speed of approximately 1,800 rpm when a fire erupted in the engine bay. The source of the fire was leaking fuel caused by a weak/faulty connection of a fuel pipe in the engine bay, which leaked onto the hot engine. Aircraft burnt out, but no reported fatalities or injuries.

No. 20 MU RAF were based at Aston Down from October 1938 until September 1960

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.46 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.177
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/28/W2351: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578197
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Down#Reopening
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Nov-2019 00:37	Dr. John Smith	Added
18-Dec-2019 22:37	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
28-Jul-2021 23:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
29-Jul-2021 08:13	Don John	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]