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Date: | Saturday 10 March 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk XI |
Owner/operator: | 66 Gp CF RAF |
Registration: | PH755 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Midlothian -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Lothian |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson C.XI PH755, 66 Group Communications Flight, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/3/1951 when Overshot landing and ran into ditch at RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Midlothian. The pilot - Flight Sergeant E J Wright - was unhurt.
According to some sources (see link #5) the aircraft had landed "too fast" and "too far down the runway" at Turnhouse, and the brakes failed on landing. The number of persons on board is unconfirmed, but there was at least one (or possibly more) CCF (Combined Cadet Force) passengers in addition to the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.111 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.121
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.132)
5.
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/319848-turnhouse-raf-crash-landing-story.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Sep-2013 03:58 |
JINX |
Added |
22-Jul-2015 15:25 |
Opietz |
Updated [Operator] |
14-Jan-2021 00:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jan-2021 15:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
13-May-2021 20:56 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |