ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154010
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Canadair Sabre F4 (F-86E) |
| Owner/operator: | 147 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XB549 |
| MSN: | 380 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stornoway Airport, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Keflavik, Iceland (KEF/BIKF) |
| RAF Abington, Oxfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex RCAF Canadiar CL-13 19480: RCAF serial assigned when this aircraft was ordered, but diverted to the RAF before completion as XB549. First flight as XB549 on 25/11/1952. On 10/3/1953, during its delivery flight to Abingdon from Canada (via Keflavik, Iceland) the controls stiffened. The pilot diverted to Stornoway, Outer Hebrides but the aircraft was caught by a gust of wind during a flapless landing. It struck the ground hard and went off the side of the runway causing the nose wheel to collapse and shedding the wing tanks.
Struck off charge 30/9/1954 as Cat.5(c) and broken up as spares and produce (scrap)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.142 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 10)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1953.htm
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_19451_19500_detailed.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XB
6. Photo of wreckage: http://www.ukserials.com/images/losses/xb549.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2013 04:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Apr-2013 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2013 18:01 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 20:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2020 17:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 30-Jan-2020 05:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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