ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56613
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| Date: | 05-JAN-1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Percival Provost T1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | WV537 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/083 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF High Ercall, 7 miles NE of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF High Ercall, Shropshire |
| RAF Ternhill, Shropshire (EGOE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 5/1/1960: The foreign student of WV537 taxied onto the active runway at High Ercall, seven miles northeast of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, without realising it, and without obtaining prior permission. The aircraft was struck on the port wing by another 6 FTS Provost T.1 (XF905) which had just landed. Another Provost managed to overshoot and avoid the collision between WV537 and XF905.
Wreckage recovered by (and to) 49 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire, where struck off charge as Cat.5(c), and dumped by 31/3/60 after completion of accident investigation
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=871
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_High_Ercall
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2012 13:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2013 02:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2018 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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