PH173

On October 21, 1952 at 12:00 AM, PH173 experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Ludlow Shropshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During a training flight, while cruising at an altitude of 1,700 feet, a propeller blade detached and hit the nose of the airplane that lost altitude. In such situation, both pilots decided to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 7 miles northeast of Ludlow. While the aircraft was destroyed, both crew members were uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH173.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3680°, -2.7193°.