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| Date: | Friday 5 December 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.115 Vampire T Mk 11 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | WZ457 |
| MSN: | 15069 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5/12/1958: the undercarriage was raised to stop during an emergency landing at Swinderby, Lincolnshire following engine failure. It overshot, ran through several hedges and fences before coming to rest in a field. The crew of two (instructor and pupil pilot) survived.
Note that the official file at the National Archives at Kew (File AVIA 5/37/S2899) is in error - it dates the accident to "1957 Oct" [sic] which is 14 months before it happened!
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/37/S2899: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578679
2. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1958
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1958.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH115%20prodn%20list.txt
5. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh115.pdf
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2013 11:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Mar-2013 09:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 07-Dec-2018 13:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 10-Jan-2020 18:59 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 03-Dec-2020 18:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2020 21:12 | Heil | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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