ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58294
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| Date: | Friday 22 March 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 229 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | WT580 |
| MSN: | 41H-665430 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT580: First flown 25/1/1954, delivered to the RAF at 5 MU Kemble 7/7/1954. Operational service career was as "E" of 43 Squadron, RAF Leuchars, Fife, from 16/9/1954, then as "RS-D" of 229 OCU RAF Chivenor, from 8/10/1956.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/3/1957: Swung off the runway during an emergency landing at RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon after an undercarriage leg had jammed up on approach. Damage initially assessed as Cat.3(R) - repairable - but repair abandoned, and instead WT580 was struck off charge 31/5/1957 as Cat.5(scrap)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 96)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.238
4. The Fighting Cocks: 43 (Fighter) Squadron By Jimmy Bedle
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WT
Media:
Hawker Hunter F.Mk.1 WT580 as "E" of 43 Squadron, RAF Leuchars in 1955:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Mar-2012 09:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Jul-2020 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2020 08:03 | Angel Dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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