ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18696
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| Date: | Friday 6 February 1970 |
| Time: | 16:25 UTC |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | West London Aero Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AOTH |
| MSN: | C1/0052 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fawley, 7 miles West of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM) |
| White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (destroyed) 6-2-1970 when failed to recover from a spin and dived into the ground at Fawley, seven miles west of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, killing one of the two persons on board. According to the following AAIB accident report from the CAA:
"The aircraft was carrying out a dual training flight from White Waltham aerodrome and the instructor having completed an aerobatic sequence, attempted to demonstrate a spin to the left from 6,200 feet. At the moment of entry, the aircraft, having started to roll to port, yawed abruptly to starboard and entered a right hand spin from which all attempts at recovery failed. The pupil in the front seat was killed and the instructor received serious injuries.
No evidence of pre-crash malfunction was found and the reason why the instructor was unable to effect recovery from the spin has not been determined"
Registration G-AOTH cancelled by the CAA on 6/8/1970 as "destroyed". The reported crash location of Fawley is a village and civil parish in Wycombe district in the south-western corner of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north of Henley-on-Thames, at approximate coordinates 51.576°N 0.910°W
(G-AOTH was an ex-RAF Chipmunk T.10 WB611: Delivered to RAF 4-4-1950. RAF Service with 18 RFS, London UAS and 1 BFTS. Struck off charge upon sale 17-8-1956 at No.22 MU Silloth, having already been civil registered as G-AOTH on 7-3-1956)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f26240f0b61346000437/8-1971_G-AOTH.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOTH-3.pdf
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1228353
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawley,_Buckinghamshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2008 01:35 | JINX | Updated |
| 06-Oct-2012 10:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2014 15:58 | TB | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Oct-2015 21:51 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2020 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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