Incident Percival Provost T Mk I WV565,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56665
 
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Date:Thursday 29 November 1956
Time:day
Type:Percival Provost T Mk I
Owner/operator:1 FTS RAF
Registration: WV565
MSN: PAC/56/111
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire (EGXY)
Destination airport:RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire (EGXY)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV565: Delivered 24/2/1954. Operational service career was with 22 FTS and 1 FTS, RAF

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/11/1956: Bounced on landing at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, stalled and crashed.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.184 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 102)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.223
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Apr-2012 13:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Dec-2018 21:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
15-Jul-2020 21:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2020 10:08 Yarbi Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]

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