Date:	Wednesday 20 August 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington T Mk X
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	PG136
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington T.Mk X, PG136, 2 ANS (Air Navigation School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/8/1952: On touchdown at RAF Thorney Island, the landing was normal, until approximately three-quarters of the way along the runway, when one of the main landing gear collapsed. (Some soruces state 'retracted in error'). The aircraft then settled on its belly. Although the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair, there were no casualties to the crew of four.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.133 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 282
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/craysh-vickers-619-wellington-x-raf-thorney-island
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. 2 ANS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955; National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2299/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163209

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Sep-2013 20:41	JINX	Added
27-Apr-2015 19:35	Anthony COX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Mar-2017 23:14	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Apr-2017 22:15	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
27-Dec-2018 18:37	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Mar-2021 23:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
12-Mar-2021 09:31	Xindel	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
20-Mar-2021 15:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Mar-2021 15:45	Xindel	Updated [Operator, Operator]