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| Date: | Tuesday 26 January 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Auster T.7 |
| Owner/operator: | Intermediate Flt AAC Centre |
| Registration: | WE591 |
| MSN: | 3734 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 miles from Andover, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | AAC Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
The propeller came off due to fracture of the shaft during climb out from a practice engine failure after take off from Middle Wallop, Hants. It landed in a ploughed field four miles from Andover and turned over. Both crew - Pilots S/Sgt "Hutch" Hutchings and S/Sgt "Red" Meaton - escaped uninjured.
Sold 12/10/1961 to Beagle Aircraft Ltd; rebuilt as Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 with new c/no. B.604. To G-ASAK 26/06/1962, to F-AZTJ Blois le Breuil area, France 14/2/2005
Sources:
1. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p37.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20130717113810/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com:80/hancrash.html [photo of wreckage]
4. http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=142287
5. http://austerhg.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1597
Media:
G-ASAK (ex-WE591, and still marked as such) at Luxembourg-Findel (ELLX) on Aug 25 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2012 13:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Aug-2013 08:06 | Masen63 | Updated [Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 03-Sep-2013 18:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 22:56 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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