Incident Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 WT872,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29768
 
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Date:unk. date 1977
Time:
Type:Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3
Owner/operator:616 VGS ATC RAF
Registration: WT872
MSN: 682
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Henlow, Bedfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
c/no 682 T.31B Cadet TX3 WT872 RAF. Built to contract No 6/Acft./6023/c.b.8(a). Delivered 3/9/51 to the Air Training Corps. To 645 Gliding School, RAF Catterick, until 1962. To 611 VGS, Swanton Morley. Later to 616 VGS, RAF Henlow. Written off in 1977 during structural tests.

Sources:

1. http://t31club.com/t31_list.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1977.htm
3. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/284073-air-cadet-gliding-pix-80s-pre-glass-8.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t31.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
09-May-2012 15:10 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
02-Jun-2013 18:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location]
11-Oct-2013 22:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
05-Nov-2019 17:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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