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Date: | Thursday 1 May 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster AOP.6 |
Owner/operator: | 664 Sqn/1964 (Reserve) AOP Flt RAF |
Registration: | VW997 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Auster AOP.6 VW997, 664 Squadron/1964 (Reserve) AOP Flight RAF: delivered 31/08/1948. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/5/1952 when overturned on landing at RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire. The aircraft landed with the handbrake "on", causing the aircraft to nose over. Of the two crew on board, the pilot was injured, but the passenger escaped without injuries.
Returned to Auster Aircraft Ltd., at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs, but deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) 2/7/1952.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. p 125)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.243
4.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4209 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._664_Squadron_RAF#Post-war Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
22-Feb-2012 13:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
13-Aug-2012 01:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
27-Feb-2021 22:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
27-Feb-2021 22:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
12-Mar-2021 09:33 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |