ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56663
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| Date: | 17-JUN-1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | XF598 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/304 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Ternhill, Shropshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ternhill, Shropshire |
| RAF Ternhill, Shropshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 XF598: Delivered 31/1/1955. Operational service career was as "R-G" with 3 FTS RAF Feltwell, Thetford, and 6 FTS RAF Ternhill, Shropshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/6/1957: Overran the runway at RAF Ternhill, Shropshire, after the engine cut in the circuit during a down wind landing. Aircraft overshot, and Deemed "damaged beyond economic repair". Not repaired. Instead, Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I). To Ground Instructional Airframe as 7466M 8/8/57 at Ternhill. However, use as such cancelled 20/8/57 and aircraft scrapped at Ternhill
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.190 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 29)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.253
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2012 14:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2018 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Aug-2020 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2020 06:32 | yarbi | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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