Little Baldon air crash
1965 air crash in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Little Baldon air crash occurred on 6 July 1965 when a Handley Page Hastings C1A transport aircraft operated by No. 36 Squadron Royal Air Force, registration TG577, crashed into a field in Little Baldon, near Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, shortly after taking off from RAF Abingdon.[1] The flight was captained by Flt Lt John Akin.[2] All 41 people aboard, including six crew, perished in the crash, making it the third worst air crash in the United Kingdom at the time.[3][4]
Accident | |
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Date | 6 July 1965 |
Summary | Mechanical fault due to metal fatigue |
Site | Little Baldon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom 51°40′38.64″N 1°10′51.71″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Handley Page Hastings |
Operator | Royal Air Force |
Registration | TG577 |
Flight origin | RAF Abingdon, England |
Destination | RAF Benson, England |
Passengers | 35 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 41 |
Survivors | 0 |
A subsequent inquest jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The inquest found that the accident was due to metal fatigue of two bolts in the elevator system.