ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139772
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| Date: | Saturday 17 May 1958 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Oxford UAS RAF |
| Registration: | WP782 |
| MSN: | C1/0673 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kinglington (Oxford) Airport, Kidlington, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kidlington, (Oxford) Airport (OXF/EGTK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Oxford University Air Squadron Chipmunk T.10 WP776 was taxying out for another night take off from Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The pilot was distracted by another aircraft landing and taxied into parked Chipmunk T.10 WP782. WP776 was only slightly damaged: however, WP782 was declared a write off.
WP782 was struck of charge as Cat.5(scrap). Instead, however, it was sold off to a civilian owner, and rebuilt as G-APSC. (Registered as such to Goodhew Aviation Co Ltd, also based at Kidlington, on 21/01/1959)
Sources:
1. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APSC-1.pdf
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2011 12:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Dec-2016 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 08:00 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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