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| Date: | Monday 7 January 2013 |
| Time: | 15:19 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | Rolls Royce Heritage Department |
| Registration: | G-RRGN |
| MSN: | 6S-594677 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon RG 30 SM-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX), Castle Donington, Derby -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon landing an undercarriage leg collapsed. The pilot was not seriously injured. According to the summary from the official AAIB accident report:
"The aircraft had landed on Runway 27 at East Midlands Airport and was taxiing to vacate the runway when the undercarriage retracted, causing the wooden propeller to strike the runway and shatter. The pilot stated that he had intended to retract the flaps but inadvertently selected the undercarriage to UP: the levers are on different sides of the cockpit. It is apparently a usual practice to retract the flaps a soon as possible after landing to minimise the effect they have on cooling radiator airflow. There is no weight-on-wheels protection circuit"
Damage sustained to airframe: Damage to propeller, lower engine cowling, both radiator fairings, left flap, left aileron, underside of left wing
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ed3640f0b6134200014f/Vickers_Supermarine_Spitfire_MK_XIX__G-RRGN_5-2013.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20939051
4. http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2013-01-07/spitfire-incident-closes-airport/
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?121628-Sky-news-reporting-spitfire-incident-at-East-Midlands/page3
Location
Images:
Duxford Airfield (EGSU), Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2013 11:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jan-2013 11:32 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 07-Jan-2013 11:43 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 07-Jan-2013 11:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 07-Jan-2013 11:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2013 10:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Sep-2015 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Sep-2015 18:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Sep-2020 13:50 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Accident report, Photo, ] |
| 11-Sep-2020 13:54 | harro | Updated [Accident report, Accident report, ] |
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