ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155026
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Date: | Thursday 25 May 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Canberra PR.9 |
Owner/operator: | A&AEE |
Registration: | XH176 |
MSN: | SH.1740 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chilmark, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 25/05/1978: Crashed at Chilmark, Wiltshire after the pilot (Sqn. Ldr. A. A. McDicken) abandoned the aircraft after it entered a spin following loss of control during an asymmetric trial.
XH176 was on a flight from Boscombe Down to discover the reason for the loss of XH137 on 03/05/1977 (which see) which also crashed out of control whilst flying on one engine
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1978.htm 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170523043114/http://sg-etuo.de:80/Visiting-Aircraft/RAF-No39-Sqn 3.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194139/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1978.htm#may Media:
Canberra PR.9 XH176 at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (OKH/EGXJ) in June 1974
Revision history:
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13-Apr-2013 01:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
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12-Aug-2013 20:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
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19-Oct-2014 17:45 |
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15-Jul-2015 14:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
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