Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1940 |
Type: | Handley Page HP.42E |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | AS981 |
MSN: | HP.42/4 |
First flight: | 1931-09-11 (8 years 11 months) |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Moresby Park, Cumberland ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Made a forced landing in the Dissington Moor after an engine fire which spread to the airframe causing the ammunition to explode and burned out. Ex G-AAUC "Horsa" Imperial Airways, impressed by RAF.
Classification:
Engine fire
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Air International
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.