 A Handley Page Hastings C1A, the same variant as TG577 which crashed | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| 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 / 51.6774000°N 1.1810306°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 |
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]
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.
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