ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56653
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| Date: | 11-APR-1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T1 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | XF902 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/411 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1 mile North of RAF Ternhill, Shropshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ternhill, Shropshire |
| RAF Ternhill, Shropshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 XF902: Delivered 30/12/1955. Sole operational service career was with 6 FTS, RAF Ternhill, Shropshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11/4/1957: The student failed to apply power when instructed to do so during an "engine off" approach to Ternhill, Shropshire. The instructor applied power but the the engine failed to "pick up", and the aircraft struck a railway signal before power increased. Aircraft went into a steep climb before nose diving into the ground one mile north of Ternhill.
Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) 17/5/1957. To Ground Instructional Airframe 7425M, but cancelled 9/8/57 and moved to the fire dump at RAF Ternhill for fire fighting and crash rescue training
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p.33)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.241
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2012 14:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2018 18:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |
| 31-Jul-2020 22:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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