ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55324
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 March 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Vulcan B Mk 1A |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XA904 |
| MSN: | 16 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Waddington (WTN/EGXW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After being airborne for 6 hours 35 minutes the pilot misjudged the approach to Waddington, Lincs. When downwind to land on the second attempt no’s 1, 2 and 3 engines cut due to low fuel. The controls stiffened and the aircraft touched down on the extreme right of the runway. It then ran off the runway onto the grass causing the undercarriage to collapse. All five crew on board survived, the rear crew exited via the open cockpit.
Struck off charge as Cat.5 (G/I) 10/5/1961; The nose went to ground instructional use as 7738M at RAF Finningley on 15/12/1961. This, the last surviving piece of XA904, was scrapped at Finningley on 29/1/1974
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s-incident-logs#1961
3. Photo of wreckage: http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1197541/
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
5. http://wpalette.com/en/pictures/24039
6. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205024417
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2011 13:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2012 05:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2012 12:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2014 00:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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