Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 12 April 1951
Aircraft Type: Handley Page Hastings C.1
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: TG552
Location: Negombo RAF Station –
ÿ Sri Lanka
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevators) and flight control system.Aircraft control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevators) and flight control system.
Category: Accident
A Hastings transport plane crashed on landing after deviating off the left side of the runway and ground looped 180 degrees.A Hastings transport plane crashed on landing after deviating off the left side of the runway and ground looped 180 degrees.
Description
The Hastings transport plane crashed on landing. It went off the left side of the runway and ground looped 180 degrees.
Source of Information
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Runway deviation and uncontrolled loop during landing.Runway deviation and uncontrolled loop during landing.Share on:
