ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72301
Last updated: 2 March 2021
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| Date: | 26-JUL-1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro York C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | MW119 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF North Front -
 Gibraltar
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
Stalled during an attempted three-engine overshoot. The aircraft hit the runway surface, went out of control and came to rest into the sea. 25 persons reported injured. (Not clear if these were aircrew, ground crew or a mixture of both...).
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft MA100 - MZ999, published 1991
2. Piston Engine Airliner Production List
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2010 05:28 | slowkid | Added |
| 04-Feb-2010 05:30 | slowkid | Updated [Source] |
| 26-May-2010 10:42 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2010 00:26 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2011 08:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2016 14:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2016 14:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Nov-2016 14:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2017 14:34 | TB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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