Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII crash, Oct 11, 1946 (3 killed)
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII accident on October 11, 1946 near Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom with 3 fatalities. Cause: The trainee...
- Date: October 11, 1946
- Aircraft: Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax VII
- Location: Dishforth AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The trainee crew shut down the wrong engine, which drove the hydraulic pump needed to raise the flaps and undercarriage. On an overshoot without hydraulics the aircraft could not hold height on three engines and struck trees and telephone wires.
An RAF Handley Page Halifax VII PP362 of 1332 HTCU on a training sortie from RAF Dishforth had the wrong engine shut down. Without hydraulics to raise the flaps and undercarriage, it could not climb after an overshoot, struck trees and telephone wires and crashed in a field. Three of the four crew were killed, and the pilot was seriously injured.