ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page Hastings C.1 TG602 Shallufa RAF Station
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Date:Monday 12 January 1953
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphs model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Handley Page Hastings C.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: TG602
MSN: HP67/80
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:5,6 km (3.5 mls) WSW of Shallufa RAF Station (   Egypt)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Fayid RAF Station, Egypt
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The Hastings transport plane climbed away in steep turns after takeoff. At a height of about 2000 feet the starboard elevator broke away, followed by the port elevator and the tailplane. The aircraft lost control and crashed into the ground.
Investigation revealed that a certain modification which included the installation of increased diameter bolts in the tail section had not been carried out on TG602.

Classification:
Failure to follow AD and SB's
Elevator issue
Loss of control

Sources:
» E-mail B.Dawson (29-6-2007)
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings


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