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| Date: | Friday 4 May 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro Anson C Mk 12 |
| Owner/operator: | Turnhouse CS RAF |
| Registration: | PH647 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Turnhouse, East Lothian |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Avro Anson C.Mk.12 PH647, RAF Turnhouse Communications Squadron: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4/5/56. During the takeoff run, at high speed, an undercarriage collapsed. The airplane skidded on runway and eventually came to rest. Both pilots were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.193
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.129)
5.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-c12-raf-turnhouse Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 20-Mar-2012 03:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
| 16-Aug-2012 08:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Sep-2013 05:07 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2016 19:57 |
JIXN |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 21:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 22:04 |
Digger |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |