Airspeed AS.10 Oxford crash, Jun 19, 1953 (1 killed), Dal...
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford accident on June 19, 1953 near Dalcross AFB Inverness-shire, United Kingdom with 1 fatality. Cause: Pilot error: an excessively...
- Date: June 19, 1953
- Aircraft: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
- Location: Dalcross AFB Inverness-shire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot error: an excessively steep final turn caused a stall.
A Royal Air Force Airspeed Oxford T 2 from 8 AFTS was on a local training sortie at Dalcross, doing touch and go landings. On final approach it made a steep last turn to join the approach path, stalled and crashed in a field. The pilot was killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.