ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27953
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| Date: | Saturday 24 July 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 409 (Nighthawk) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | W6628 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ty’n-y-groes, Clwyd, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
While on a training sortie, the pilot encountered unknown technical problems and attempted to make an emergency landing in Ty’n-y-groes. The aircraft crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot - flying solo - was unhurt.
Cause: Unknown technical problem. Members of the 34 Maintenance Unit, RAF Detachment at Bethesda ‐ a team of skilled technicians, armourers, airframe and engine technicians, plus MT drivers with a large Coles crane. They retrieved Oxford W6628 from where it crashed, and it was placed on a "Queen Mary" transporter but got stuck on a Belisha Beason in Llanwrst High Street. Local passers by helped to lift to out of the way.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-tyn-y-groes
2. http://www.walesher1974.org/herumd.php?group=CPAT&level=3&docid=301366163
3. Doylerush, E, 2002, No Landing Place: A Guide to Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia, page 90
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2017 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 23:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 12-May-2019 12:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2020 21:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2021 14:16 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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