ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139784
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| Date: | Monday 24 August 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Leeds UAS RAF |
| Registration: | WP982 |
| MSN: | C1/0848 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Linton-on-0use, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Delivered 16/3/1953: RAF service was with 9 AFTS. Queens UAS Belfast, Manchester UAS, Liverpool UAS, Manchester UAS (for the second time), St. Andrews UAS, and Leeds UAS.
Badly damaged 24/8/1959 after hitting a fire extinguisher trolley while taxying at RAF Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire. Deemed damaged beyond economic repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap)
Despite this, the aircraft was sold off, repaired, and put into civilian use as G-ARDW (registered as such to Airwork Services Ltd, Scone, Perth, Scotland on 27/07/1960). As G-ARDW, registration cancelled 15/05/1968 as "aircraft destroyed" after a fatal crash at Netherthorpe on 12/5/1968 (see separate entry for this)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983 p.87)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARDW-1.pdf
4. http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/census.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1968 | G-ARDW | Frank Morrell | 1 | Netherthorpe Airfield, Thorpe Salvin, Near Worksop, Nottinghamshire | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2011 15:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Aug-2015 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2015 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 08:08 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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