ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237212
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| Date: | Thursday 21 June 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP.6 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE Boscombe Down |
| Registration: | XK773 |
| MSN: | SR.904 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Saunders Roe Skeeter AOP.6 XK773: Originally civil registered as G-ANMG on 1/5/54. Second Saro Skeeter Mk. 6 with D.H. Gipsy Major 200 engine under contract 6/Acft/12533. To British Army evaluation as XK773 for two weeks evaluation trials with 1906 Flight, 651 Squadron early in 1955. Civil registration G-ANMG cancelled 17/8/55 as "operating under military markings as XK773". Seen in September 1955 at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show 1955, in overall metal finish with yellow trainer band.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/6/56: Ran onto the grass after landing at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. The nose wheel broke off causing the main rotor to strike the ground and the aircraft to roll onto its side breaking off the tail cone. The pilot escaped safely.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 52)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.200
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 18/4512: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11199242
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANMG.pdf
7. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/48254/
8. XK773 at Southampton (Eastleigh) (SOU/EGHI) in 1955: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1606409
9. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sar.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2020 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Jun-2020 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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