ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138249
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| Date: | Friday 4 July 1958 |
| Time: | 20:24 LT |
| Type: | Douglas RB-66B Destroyer |
| Owner/operator: | 19th TRSqn /10th TRWg USAF |
| Registration: | 54-433 |
| MSN: | 44733 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 27 miles from RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Spangdahlem AB (SPM/ETAD) |
| RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk (EGUP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
RB-66B 54-433 19th TRS, 10th TRW which was on its way back to its home base at RAF Sculthorpe from Spangdahlem in West Germany, when it crashed on the 3rd July,1958 at 20:24 hrs local.
The crew had performed a 'go round' at Sculthorpe when they had a problem with the port landing gear which resulted in it being stuck in the retracted position while the other wheels were locked down.
The crew ejected safely from it after setting the autopilot on a course which would head it out to sea, but it got into a turn and made about three or four circles approx five miles in diameter before flying over Sculthorpe on a heading of 127 degrees and crashed twenty-seven miles from the airfield.
By the time it finally crashed, the RB-66 had been flying around for twenty-six minutes with no one on board !!
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1954.html
2. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?109331-RB-66-crash-in-Norfolk-info-required&p=1755323
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2011 06:17 | ThW | Added |
| 27-Sep-2011 00:11 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2014 14:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2014 14:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport] |
| 21-May-2014 14:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 19:25 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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