ASN Aircraft accident Miles M.60 Marathon I G-AGPD Amesbury
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Date:Friday 28 May 1948
Type:Silhouette image of generic milm model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Miles M.60 Marathon I
Operator:Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
Registration: G-AGPD
MSN: 6265
First flight: 1946
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Amesbury (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:Demonstration
Departure airport:Boscombe Down RAF Station (EGDM), United Kingdom
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Miles Marathon G-AGPD took off from Boscombe Down at 13:02 for a fly past and some propeller feathering tests. The pilots had to hold near Boscombe Down until about 13:26 when their time came to perform a flypast. At 13:29 they radioed that they were about to crash. It appeared that a structural failure of the tail had occurred. The aircraft lost height and crashed into trees.



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