| Date: | Wednesday 29 October 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | TTC CF RAF |
| Registration: | WG320 |
| MSN: | C1/0392 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF North Luffenham, Leicestershire, England -
United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Leicestershire |
| Destination airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
Narrative:Bounced on take off from RAF North Luffenham, Leicestershire, while glider towing. Landed heavily but declared a write off. Struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) to 71 MU 11.11.58
Despite this, sold off and repaired/rebuilt for further civilian use: registered as G-APTF 1.10.64 to British Midland. Parts of WG 320 and WB 561 combined for Irish Air Corps 199 26.02.65
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Report number: | |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARMF.pdf http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343 http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/dft_avsafety_pdf_500297.pdf [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/p_tgK6hoLPMRdSWHAsdZAw] [G-ARMF (wings only) at Husbands Bosworth 23.05.2009]
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1310023/ Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 10-Nov-2011 13:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
| 06-May-2013 19:13 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Oct-2019 12:37 |
rod brown |
Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:52 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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