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| Date: | Friday 16 October 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Aberdeen UAS RAF |
| Registration: | WG460 |
| MSN: | C1/0510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dyce Airport, Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) |
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) 16/10/1970: Engine failed to pick up on overshoot after practice engine failure, Hit fence in forced landing. Struck off charge as Cat5.(G/I) remains reduced to a PAX (Cockpit Section) as ground instructional airframe 8116M at Turnhouse
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain,1983 p,44)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
3. http://www.na3t.org/air/photo/MIL22268
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20131103124258/http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=6733
Images:
(c) Bob J Hobbs/NA3T
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2008 02:46 | JINX | Added |
| 12-Nov-2011 10:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2013 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Aug-2015 12:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2019 18:44 | harro | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 13-Feb-2020 07:21 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
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