ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56540
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| Date: | 01-DEC-1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | CFS Royal Air Force (CFS RAF) |
| Registration: | WV479 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0.8 miles east of South Cerney, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV479: Delivered 24/9/53. Sole RAF service was with CFS (Central Flying School), RAF at Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Written off 01/12/1954: Hit wall during practice forced landing just over three-quarters of a mile east of South Cerney, Gloucestershire. Aircraft damaged beyond repair and struck off charge; no reported injuries to the two crew
NOTE the crash location is quoted in error by some sources by "8 miles East of Little Rissington" due to confusion between "0.8 miles" (just over three quarters of a mile) and "8 miles".
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.166 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.105
4. RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School, 1946–76 p.313, By Roy Bagshaw, Alan Pollock, Malcolm Thomas, Ray Deacon
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=871
6. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2013 15:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 15:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2020 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2020 16:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2020 17:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2020 17:53 | BlB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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