Abingdon - Abingdon

On July 6, 1965 at 04:09 PM, Abingdon - Abingdon experienced a crash involving Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Little Baldon Oxfordshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

41 people were known to be on board, 41 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 35, passenger fatalities: 35, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft departed RAF Abingdon with six crew members and 35 paratroopers for an exercise over the Weston-on-the-Green area. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the pilot reported control problems to ATC and requested permission to return for an emergency landing. Clearance was given and the crew started a circuit to return to RAF Abingdon when the aircraft climbed steeply to a height of 2,000 feet then banked left, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Little Baldon, about 10 km east of the airbase. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 41 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TG577, MSN 68, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.6818°, -1.1790°.