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Date: | Wednesday 21 May 1947 |
Time: | |
Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
Owner/operator: | 659 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | TJ578 |
MSN: | 1627 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Jullundur (Jalandhar), Punjab -
India
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Jullundur, India |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (21 May 1947 at Julundur (Jalandhar), Punjab, India. Aircraft ran away while starting up; collided with a tree, and damaged beyond repair. No-one was on board the aircraft, as the pilot had opted to get out the aircraft, and hand-start the engine by turning over the propellor by hand. TJ578 "jumped chocks" after the throttle was stuck in the 'open' position, and the pilot had to jump out of the way to avoid being mown down by his aircraft!
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985 p.44)
2.
http://www.warbirds.in/Crashes/crpage.php?qacid=22&qafdb=RAF&datesall=ON 3.
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p16.htm 4.
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1509 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
17-Jun-2012 14:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
13-Aug-2012 02:05 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
23-Jul-2015 20:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |