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| Date: | Saturday 2 October 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Hastings C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | TG519 |
| MSN: | HP67/23 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dishforth RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dishforth RAF Station (EGXD) |
The Hastings transport plane was on a three engine approach to RAF Dishforth when its wing hit trees. It undershot the runway causing the undercarriage to be torn off.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
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