Last updated: 12 April 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 26 July 1955 |
| Type: | Handley Page Hastings C.2 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ341 |
| C/n / msn: | HP67/142 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Abingdon RAF Station (ABB) ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Abingdon RAF Station (ABB/EGUD), United Kingdom |
Undershot the runway and groundlooped. One of the wings broke off in the slide.
Classification:
Undershoot/overshoot
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
