ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page Hastings C.2 WD478 Strubby RAF Station
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Status:
Date:Monday 19 March 1951
Type:Silhouette image of generic hphs model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Handley Page Hastings C.2
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WD478
MSN: HP67/106
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Strubby RAF Station (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Strubby RAF Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Strubby RAF Station, United Kingdom
Narrative:
Hastings WD478 was flying sorties out of RAF Strubby. During one of these sorties the aircraft climbed steeply after takeoff. The airplane stalled and dived into the ground. The elevator trim was possibly set fully up, causing the plane to stall.

Classification:
Wrong takeoff configuration (flaps/trim)
Loss of control

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings


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