This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Friday 3 May 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson C Mk 19 |
Owner/operator: | TC CF RAF |
Registration: | VM389 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Upavon, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Upavon, Wiltshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson C.19 VM389, TCCF (Transport Command Communications Flight), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/5/1957. Swung off the runway on take off from RAF Upavon, Wiltshire causing the undercarriage to collapse. No injuries reported to the two crew. Not repaired, struck off charge 6/5/1957
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 90)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.210
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air britain, 1988)
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VM Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Aug-2020 15:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Aug-2020 19:41 |
Jixon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
13-May-2021 21:02 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |