Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUL 1949 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | TG611 |
| C/n / msn: | HP67/89 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL) (Germany)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT), Germany |
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The Hastings lost control and dived into the ground due to incorrect tail trim.
Events:
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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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.
