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Date: | 21-SEP-1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Percival Provost T Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 2 FTS Royal Air Force (2 FTS RAF) |
Registration: | WV629 |
MSN: | PAC/56/156 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Easton Grey, 3 miles West of Malmesbury, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV629: Delivered 30/4/54. Sole RAF service (just under five months) was with 2 FTS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21.9.1954: Engine cut, hit hedge in a forced landing near Easton Grey, 3 miles west of Malmesbury, Wiltshire. The pilot attempted a forced landing in a field after the engine cut out, but the aircraft struck a hedge, and tipped over onto its nose. No reported casualties among the two crew.
The reported crash location is near Easton Grey, which is a small village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England. It is on the B4040 road between Malmesbury and Sherston, about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of Malmesbury
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.163 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.102)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.91
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?22066-Piston-Provosts-of-2-FTS&styleid=3 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Flying_Training_School_RAF#Fourth_&_Fifth_formations_(1953_and_1970)
7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easton_Grey
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2013 17:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
25-Dec-2018 20:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
22-Apr-2020 20:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Apr-2020 09:34 |
MIG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |