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Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander in Netheravon AFB

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1982 at 1255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-BBRP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
371
YOM:
1973
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
3422
Captain / Total hours on type:
235.00
Aircraft flight hours:
5466
Circumstances:
The accident occurred whilst the aircraft was taking off on a parachute dropping flight with the pilot and eight parachutists on board. Shortly after takeoff, at a height of about 50 feet above ground level, the pilot detected a loss of power from the port engine. He then selected the flaps up, but whilst he was about to commence the shut down and propeller feathering drills for the port engine, the starboard engine also appeared to lose power. In the subsequent attempt to land the aircraft straight ahead, the pilot was unable to reduce a high sink rate and a heavy landing resulted. The aircraft sustained severe damage that was beyond economic repair, but there were no injuries to those on board.
Probable cause:
The accident was caused by the fact that the pilot was unable to reduce the aircraft's rate of descent sufficiently to prevent a heavy landing. Contributory factors were the loss of all power from the port engine due to fuel mismanagement and the pilot's decision initially to attempt to continue the take-off.
Final Report:

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-1-DK Dakota C.4 in RAF Netheravon

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1949
Operator:
Registration:
KJ865
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
14359/25804
YOM:
1944
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training sortie, towing a glider. Just after liftoff, while in initial climb, the throttles slipped back for undetermined reason. The aircraft stalled, crashed on the runway and came to rest. While both pilots were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near RAF Netheravon: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1454
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
8737
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Netheravon when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near the airbase. The pilot was killed and the observer was seriously injured. He died the next day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Frank Thain, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Walter Henry Rawlings, observer.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth at RAF Netheravon

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAEW
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
1043
YOM:
1929
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Netheravon. The pilot, sole on board, escaped uninured. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in November 1941.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Cleeve: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P4853
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
9368
YOM:
1939
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RAF Netheravon on a training mission. En route, it went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances in Cleeve, Somerset. All three crew members were seriously injured. The pilot died from his injuries at 2030LT that same evening and another crew died the next day.
Crew:
Sgt J. MacLaughlin, pilot, †
AC1 George Henry Butler, †
AC1 R. P. A. Dougan,
AC1 J. Dormon.

Crash of an Avro 504 near Trowbridge: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 11, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed RAF Netheravon for a local training mission. En route, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Upper Studley, southwest of Trowbridge. The pilot P/O Reginald Montague Swaine was killed.

Crash of an Avro 504N at RAF Netheravon: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J8727
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training flight at RAF Netheravon. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, he was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot P/O Malcolm Menzies Jackson was killed.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Charlton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1925
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
H9814
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Netheravon on a solo training flight. En route, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field located in Charlton, about 45 km northwest of RAF Netheravon. The pilot F/O John Ryan was killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9A near RAF Netheravon: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1925 at 1528 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J7053
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Netheravon on a local training flight. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, the aircraft suffered a structural failure, entered a dive and crashed near Everleigh, about 5 km northeast of the airfield. The pilot, F/O David Brown Morgan, was killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control following an in-flight structural failure.