Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk IB R7692,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74426
 
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Date:Tuesday 11 August 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk IB
Owner/operator:Hawker Aircraft
Registration: R7692
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Thorpe, Surrey, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Langley, Berks
Destination airport:
Narrative:
A Hawker test pilot, Mr Kenneth G. Seth Smith, was killed when the tailplane of his Typhoon detached in flight as the result of fatigue failure of the elevator mass balance mounting bracket.

Sources:

http://www.testflyingmemorial.com/index.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-May-2010 07:15 angels one five Added
23-Jan-2012 12:40 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport]
19-Apr-2015 19:28 Angel dot comma Updated [Registration]
18-Jul-2021 11:35 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]

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