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| Date: | Monday 5 May 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Marathon T.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XA253 |
| MSN: | 105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Topcliffe RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Topcliffe RAF Station (EGXZ) |
After landing the crew accidently retracted the undercarriage instead of the flaps.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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