Date:	Thursday 20 September 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	North Weald SF RAF
Registration:	LX429
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
Destination airport:	RAF North Weald, Essex
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford T.Mk.1 LX429/"B", RAF North Weald Station Flight: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/9/1951. While the aircraft was parked at RAF Tangmere, the engines were started up prior to flying back to the aircraft's home base at RAF North Weald. As soon as the engines were started up, the aircraft's undercarriage collapsed.

Aircraft deemed as "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge 20/9/1951.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.117 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.173)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.180

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Feb-2021 18:50	Dr. John Smith	Added
19-Feb-2021 10:06	Gerard76	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]