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Date: | Thursday 4 July 1946 |
Time: | 13:00 |
Type: | Hawker Tempest II |
Owner/operator: | 3 FP RAF |
Registration: | MW813 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire |
Narrative:Hawker Tempest II MW813, 3 Ferry Pool, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4 July 1946 in a flying accident on approach to RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire.
The pilot misread the fuel gauge, and the aircraft's engine failed due to fuel starvation while on approach to land at RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. The aircraft touched down on its wheels, but short of the runway at RAF Aston Down, and was heavily damaged.
The subsequent RAF Board of Inquiry attributed the fuel starvation to a servicing error by the ground crew who had prepared the aircraft before flight. The ground crew had failed to ensure that the fuel tanks were full, although they had "signed off" the aircraft as having been refuelled with full tanks. Disciplinary action was taken against the ground crew responsible.
Tempest II MW813 was written off as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and struck off charge. The pilot was apparently unhurt.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.46 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.177
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.101:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Down#Reopening 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Aug-2021 14:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
02-Aug-2021 19:56 |
BlBe |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
18-Jun-2023 20:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |