Teesside Airport Movements

Accidents and Incidents

Not all aircraft that have departed Teesside International Airport in it's various guises over the years have had the good fortune to land again afterwards. It may seem a morbid subject, but accidents do happen and will continue to and rightly or wrongly when they do, our interest piques. Fortunately, there has been nothing on a particularly large scale at the airport during our civil history (and let's hope there never is!) but we have had our fair share of write-offs and close calls over the years and they have been documented below.

We have omitted a number of post-war incidents, partly because there were so many of them (in particular a large number of Mosquito/Meteor belly landings, engine failures and gear collapses) but more importantly they are all very well documented in the Military Index and it would be insulting to simply repeat the hard work Dave and Ian have already invested.

We have highlighted any accidents and incidents of particular notoriety or interest.

Accidents The aircraft is written off and/or there are casualties/fatalities
DATE	REG	A/C TYPE	OPERATOR	CASUALTIES / (FATALITIES)	LINK
10/10/41	Z6825	Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley Mk.V	Royal Air Force - 78 Squadron	1 / (0)
Aircraft collided with Z6825 on the flare-path burst into flames, bombs exploded and aircraft burnt out, one crew injured

10/10/41	Z9127	Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley Mk.V	Royal Air Force - 78 Squadron	1 / (0)
As above

24/06/42	V4140	Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I	Royal Air Force - 1516 BAT Flight	0 / (2)
Mid-air collision over the airfield with Halifax

24/06/42	W7661	Handley Page HP.59 Halifax Mk.II	Royal Air Force - 76 Squadron	0 / (1+)
As above

08/01/43	BJ604/ZL-A	Vickers 417 Wellington B.III	Royal Canadian Air Force - 427 Squadron	0 / (1)
Overshot on landing, fatality in the train which struck wreckage

26/11/43	ED417	Avro 683 Lancaster B.III	Royal Air Force - 103 Squadron	1 / (1+)
In the circuit when Halifax JN966 collided with it

26/11/43	JN966/NA-V	Handley Page HP.59 Halifax Mk.II	Royal Canadian Air Force - 428 Squadron	0 / (1+)
As above

12/06/44	KB726/VR-A	Avro 683 Lancaster B.X	Royal Canadian Air Force - 419 Squadron	1+ / (1)
The ill-famed Mynarski crash, in which he attempted to save the trapped rear-gunner unsuccessfully before bailing out, but later died of his injuries. The rear-gunner survived the impact of the crash and the rest of the crew had bailed out successfully

13/01/45	KB793/NA-E	Avro 683 Lancaster B.X	Royal Canadian Air Force - 428 Squadron	1 / (1)
The ill-famed McMullen crash, in which he remained with his aircraft in order to avoid a built up area of Darlington after the rest of his crew had bailed during their training sortie. The aircraft had suffered a serious engine fire

29/05/46	NT137	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed on landing, no further detail

28/10/46	TA538	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Damaged beyond repair - details unknown

17/09/49	NC230/J	Vickers 467 Wellington GR.XIV	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS	0 / (7)
Crashed after a parachute snagged the elevator during a display

??/09/50	EE528	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (0)
On delivery flight, throttle jammed in open position, pilot attempted single engine landing but overshot tearing off port u/c.

12/01/51	WA719	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (0)
W/O when lost control on landing and crossed the railway line

20/08/51	VW298	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Undershot on approach & collided with vehicle killing driver, sustaining slight damage to a/c, then hit fuel bowser when taxying in

20/11/51	WA720	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	2 / (0)
Abandoned in spin

24/11/51	VW297	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Overshot on landing and struck officers mess, stricking pilots own car, and possibly crashing through the window of his own room! He was killed when struck by dislodged brickwork when exiting the wreckage

??/11/51	RL258	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF36	Royal Air Force - 228 OCU	0 / (0)
Ground-looped whilst landing

21/01/52	WG975	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed, details unknown other than pilots first solo

23/05/52	WH227	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (0)
Destroyed by fire while refuelling at MSG 2330

12/12/52	WH234	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed shortly after take-off

04/05/53	WH246	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (2)
Crashed, details unknown

22/06/55	WA416	De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB5	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed on the airfield after stalling on take-off, CAT5

14/10/55	XE865	De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T11	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed on take-off following engine failure

06/04/56	WA104	De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB5	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS	0 / (1)
Crashed on the airfield following engine fire and dive into the ground

10/04/56	WZ609	De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T11	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS	0 / (2)
Crashed details unknown

12/12/62	XM993	English Electric Lightning T4	Royal Air Force - LCS	0 / (0)
Ran off the runway on landing, turned over and burned out, crew escaped

09/03/69	G-AVYW	Brookland Mosquito Mk.2	Private	0 / (1)	1
Crashed south-side of the airport, currently the only civilian fatality at the airport. The current windsock was planted in the crater caused by the accident!

1969		Percival Proctor		2 / (0)
Aircraft crashed during the annual Air Race

10/01/70	G-AXHK	Beagle B121 Pup I	Middleton St. George Aero Club	0 / (0)	1
Stalled when overshooting on landing approach, W/O

1979		Beagle B121 Pup	Francis Blennerhassett	1 / (0)
Crashed on approach in bad weather - Francis Blennerhassett had an involvement with MSG Aero Club which leads me to wonder if this is the same crash as above?

08/08/85	G-BJGH	Slingsby T67A Firefly	Specialist Flying Training	0 / (0)	1
Nose wheel and nose undercarriage detached during a touch and go, aircraft W/O

26/06/99	G-BNXV	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk	St George Flight Training	0 / (0)	1
Engine failure on take-off followed by nosewheel collapse on landing

18/04/00	G-BKAR	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk	St George Flight Training	0 / (0)	1
Crashed whilst departing from a field near the airport which the aircraft had force-landed in two days previous

20/03/15	G-MYZK	Pegasus Quantum 15	GW Microlights	2 / (0)	1 2 3
Sudden drop leading to a hard landing on the runway

29/01/16	G-NIUS	Reims Cessna F172N Skyhawk	Eden Flight Training	0 / (0)	1
W/O by high winds

29/01/16	G-ROWE	Reims Cessna F182P Skylane	Flying Fox Aviation	0 / (0)	1
W/O by high winds
25/09/21	G-BBSA	Grumman AA-5 Traveller	Usworth 84 Flying Associates	3 / (0)
Suspected engine failure on takeoff followed by stall and rapid descent from 300ft.
Incidents Minor mishaps that require a fire service response and/or an investigation - includes write-offs where no injuries were sustained or any other damage was caused other than the airframe
12/03/42	V4139	Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I	Royal Air Force - 1516 BAT Flight
Forced landing at or adjacent to airfield due engine failure

26/10/45	NT132	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Swung on take-off, hitting the bomb dump

27/11/45	HJ761	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Collided with HX970 during taxi

27/11/45	HX970	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
See above

16/11/48	EF876	Avro 652A Anson I	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS
Signal pistol fired inside aircraft & caught fire

05/11/49	RP343	Vickers 440 Wellington B.X	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS	0 / (0)
Damaged tailplane during single engine approach, CAT3 damage

21/12/49		Vickers xxx Wellington B.x	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS	0 / (0)
Wheels-up landing

11/12/50		Gloster Meteor	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (0)
Forgot to lower u/c, bounced back into air, completed circuit and landed successfully

18/01/51		Gloster Meteor	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (0)
Landed short of runway breaking the undercarriage

19/02/51	VT318	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Undershot on approach damaging the flaps

27/02/51	VT114	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Collided with fire tender dealing with VW786 incident

27/02/51	VW786	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Minor explosion whilst taxying to dispersal

12/10/51	VW259	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	1 / (0)
Pilot injured when tail of below aircraft impacted canopy whilst flying in a formation of three

12/10/51	WA707	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	1 / (0)
As above

31/03/52	WH128	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Force landed downwind in a snow storm

04/07/52		Gloster Meteor	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	1 / (0)
Pilot sucked into engine

??/01/54	TG508	Handley Page HP.67 Hastings C1	Royal Air Force
Wheels up landing

17/03/59		De Havilland DH.1xx Vampire	Middleton Station Flight	0 / (0)
Wheels up landing, CAT3 damage

05/09/62	XH443	Gloster Javelin T3	Royal Air Force - 33 Squadron
Wheels up landing, CAT3

21/02/73	G-AVMX	BAC 1-11-510ED	British European Airways	0 / (0)	1, 2
Forgot to lower landing gear during touch-and-go's

	G-BCZR	Vickers Viscount 838	Dan-Air Services	0 / (0)
Stuck in the mud

15/07/87	G-AZHL	Piper PA-31-310 Navajo	Casair Aviation Services	0 / (0)	1
Landed on the grass adjacent to the runway on its belly following an engine failure during take-off

198?	G-BKJW	Piper PA-23-250 Aztec	Alan Williams Entertainment Ltd	0 / (0)
Details unknown, apparent nose-wheel collapse and runway excursion

17/01/95	ZE705	Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar C2	Royal Air Force - 216 Squadron	0 / (0)
Slipped off the taxiway and got stuck in the mud

12/06/95	G-BGWN	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk	Teesside Aero Club	0 / (0)
Nose wheel collapse, one of two it suffered during its residency at Teesside, not sure if the photo displays the first or the second, or even if the date given is the first or second (we are missing one)

??/06/95	G-BMVJ	Cessna 172N Skyhawk	Green Aviation Associates Ltd	0 / (0)
Forced landing on high ground?

29/01/96	G-OAKJ	British Aerospace Jetstream 32	Air Kilroe	0 / (0)	1
Struck two Deer on take-off causing substantial damage

25/06/00	D-GMCW	Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II		0 / (0)	1
Gear collapse

21/04/01	G-FCAL	Cessna 441 Conquest II	Flight Precision	0 / (0)
Nose undercarriage leg failed to extend on landing, aircraft burned off fuel for 30 minutes before landing with minimal damage

16/10/02	TF-ATD	Boeing 747-267B	Air Atlanta Icelandic	0 / (0)	1
Landed in 05 undershoot, tail section struck ground

23/08/07	G-BRDO	Cessna 177B Cardinal	Cardinal Aviation	0 / (0)
Engine failure on approach

20/06/10	G-WACT	Reims Cessna F152	Durham Tees Flight Training	0 / (0)
Forced landing in a field due to engine failure - just a day or two prior I (Chris) had spent 45 minutes unsuccessfully trying to start the aircraft

09/08/12	G-FRAI	Dassault Falcon 20E	Cobham Aviation Services	0 / (0)	1
Bird strike led to aborted take-off, overran runway

28/07/13	G-CLUE	Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II	Teesside Flight Training	0 / (0)	1, 2
Gear collapse on landing

30/06/16	G-FLAV	Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II	Eden Flight Training	0 / (0)
Engine failure on take-off at 300ft

15/07/16	G-FLAV	Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II	Eden Flight Training	0 / (0)
Engine fire during start-up

2016	G-CEXO	Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior III	Durham Tees Flight Training	0 / (0)
Engine fire during start-up
05/11/21	G-AVRK	Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee C	Scenic Air Tours and Flight Training	0 / (0)
Landing incident resulting in nosewheel collapse, aircraft ended up on grass just left of runway 23.
Other Incidents and accidents that take place off-site but depart from or en-route to Teesside, or any other links with the airport
27/11/16	L.34	Zeppelin LZ.78	Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy)	0 / (24)	1
Shot down over Tees Bay killing all 20 crew, but not before they'd killed four on the ground at Hartlepool

13/09/18	D1745	Airco DH.9A	Royal Air Force - 49 TD	1 / (0)	1
Crashed in a field near Stockton-on-Tees at night in low visibility after becoming disorientated, was attempting to return to base at Catterick

20/06/39	G-AERE	De Havilland DH89A Dragon Rapide	British American Air Services	0 / (3)	1
Crashed near the summit of Dorau’s Seat on Ettersgill Fell at Middleton-in-Teesdale

20/06/40		Heinkel He 111	Luftwaffe - 2. Staffel I./KG4	0 / (4)	1
Collided with a barrage balloon cable at Billingham and crashed into the the River Tees

27/06/40	5J+EK	Heinkel He 111	Luftwaffe - 2. Staffel I./KG4	0 / (0)	1
Shot down over Middlesbrough, crashed in the North Sea

15/08/40	1H+FS	Heinkel He 111H-4	Luftwaffe - 8. Staffel III./KG26	0 / (5)	1
Shot down 30 miles East of the River Tees

26/11/40	R3914	Bristol Blenheim IV			1
Flew into hillside near Middleton-in-Teesdale

24/10/43	DE932	De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth	US Air Force - 311th FS	0 / (0)	1
W/O, forced landing at Stockton-on-Tees due fuel starvation

04/08/45	HJ791	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed elsewhere during a training sortie

04/08/45	HX907	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed elsewhere during a training sortie

30/08/45	HJ703	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF.II	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Engine fire on landing at Croft, aircraft destroyed by the fire

30/08/45	HX824	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed elsewhere during a training sortie following an engine fire

09/10/45	HJ670	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Diverted to Wombleton and crashed on landing

10/11/45	RR271	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T3	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed near Hurworth

13/11/45	RR294	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T3	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed elsewhere

15/11/45	HJ785	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Undercarriage torn off on take-off from Croft

25/01/46	TA502	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Flew into ground near Shildon

31/01/46	HJ731	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Engine fire and hit tree on landing at Hornby

14/02/46	TA525	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed near Boulton Castle in bad weather

11/05/46	LR565	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T3	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed near Thornley Hall

20/06/46	TA560	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed after hitting overhead power lines in Lincs

28/06/46	TA549	De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI	Royal Air Force - 13 OTU
Crashed near Brawith Hall

05/11/49	HA827	Vickers xxx Wellington B.x	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS	0 / (0)
Abandoned nr Pocklington due fuel starvation, serial may be a mis-pole, likely HE827

14/03/50	NA967	Vickers 619 Wellington T10	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS
Aircraft force landed (where?) due to engine trouble

31/03/50	NA853	Vickers 619 Wellington T10	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS
Aircraft force landed (where?) due to engine trouble

05/04/50	NC615	Vickers 619 Wellington T10	Royal Air Force - 2 ANS	0 / (4)
Crashed Horam, Sussex during cross-country nav-ex - may have been 05/05/50

30/11/50	EE599	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed near Guisborough - fuel starvation

11/12/50	VT170	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (0)
Crashed near Sleights - fuel starvation, CAT4 damage

25/01/51	VW255	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Pilot lost control near Croft and struck the ground, exploding on impact

27/02/51	WA677	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Crashed into North Sea near Redcar

17/04/51	EE592	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Went to Croft for circuits & skidded off runway, CAT4

19/04/51	VT103	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Crashed near Yarm due to fuel starvation

19/06/51	VT239	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Pilot suffered anoxia and crashed into Inglesbrough Mountain near Settle

10/07/51	VZ418	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Dived into ground near Clapham

??/08/51		Gloster Meteor	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	? / (?)
Crashed at Croft and caught fire

25/09/51	VT324	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
W/O Southmoor Golf Course at Stanley

07/04/52	WG995	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	? / (?)
Landed 100 metres short of runway at RAF Croft

24/04/52	WA655	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
Crashed near Dinsdale

28/04/52	RA480	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
W/O collided with VW298 over Dinsdale

28/04/52	VW298	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS
W/O collided with RA480 over Dinsdale

20/08/52	RA429	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed at Great Stainton

26/09/52	EE528	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed in North Sea during aerobatics

27/10/52	VW268	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed North Yorkshire Moors after losing control

03/01/53	WL365	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed at Cotherstone during night flying

01/02/55	VT115	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 205 AFTS	0 / (1)
Crashed at Cocklesberry Farm

??/08/54	VT231	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed at Croft - CAT5

11/09/54	WL343	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed over Dinsdale

26/10/54	WL418	Gloster Meteor T7	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed at Croft

15/11/54	VT232	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed over Dinsdale

01/02/55	VT115	Gloster Meteor F4	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed near Croft at night

24/05/55	XE832	De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T11	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS
Crashed at Stocksfield, Northumberland

29/06/55	WZ566	De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T11	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS	0 / (1)	1
Crashed near Bishopton Road, Stockton-on-Tees

06/04/56	WA164	De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB5	Royal Air Force - 4 FTS	0 / (1)
Crashed 3m SSE of MSG after an inflight fire. Also referenced as crashing on the airfield with no cause given.

18/04/58	XG165	Hawker Hunter F6	Royal Air Force - 92 Squadron
W/O Cowpen Bewley after flameout

22/12/58	XG225	Hawker Hunter F6	Royal Air Force - 92 Squadron	0 / (1)
Middleton resident crashes near Middlesbrough, details unknown, also reported as crashing "into North Sea"

05/62	XH755	Gloster Javelin FAW7	Royal Air Force - 33 Squadron	0 / (1)
Entered an uncontrollable spin, crashed in North Sea, both crew ejected but only one rescued

08/01/71	XM610	Avro 698 Vulcan B1	Royal Air Force - 44 Sqdn	0 / (0)	1
Crashed at Wingate following engine fire, all crew bailed out successfully. Witnessed by our own Dave Anderson

02/07/72	G-AVJM	Reims Cessna F172H Skyhawk	Middleton St George Aero Club	3 / (0)	1
Impacted terrain in the Cleveland Hills

17/05/74	G-ATVV	Reims Cessna F172G Skyhawk	Tees-Side Flying Club	0 / (0)	1
Force landed due fuel starvation, W/O

29/05/74	G-AMUG	De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22	Tees-Side Flying Club	1 / (1)	1
Failed to recover from a spin

24/10/74	G-AVKH	Tipsy T.66 Nipper III	Private	0 / (1)
Crashed near Stokesley during a local flight from Tees-Side.

14/04/75	G-AZOC	Bolkow Bo209 Monsun	Tees-Side Flying Club	0 / (1)	1
Crashed into high ground in poor weather en-route Carlisle

26/05/78	G-BADX	Pitts S-2A Special	Rothmans International	0 / (1)	1
Crashed during aerobatic display in Lanzarote

19/10/87	G-MDJI	Beech 200 Super King Air	Artix Ltd	0 / (1)	1
Crashed into hilltop on approach to Leeds, had departed Teesside, fatality was the General Manager of Casair

198?	G-AZTB	Bolkow Bo209 Monsun	Tees-Side Flying Club	1 / (0)
Crashed on arrival at Sunderland Airport for maintenance

13/12/90	G-IDJB	Cessna 150L	Teesside Aero Club	0 / (0)	1
Aircraft overturned during a forced landing in a field near Hartlepool

18/07/90	G-BOYX	Robinson R22 Beta	Teesside Aero Club	2 / (0)	1
Impacted trees and crashed

25/03/91	G-TEES	Reims Cessna F152	Cleveland Flying School	1 / (0)	1
Landed short at Sherburn-in-Elmet following alternator failure, aircraft cartwheeled and was W/O

07/04/92	G-AYIO	Piper PA-28 Cherokee	Teesside Aero Club	0 / (1)	1
Student pilot struck a disused mast during solo nav ex

28/04/02	G-BCEO	Grumman AA-5 Traveller	Private	2 / (0)	1
Clipped a tree on landing at Stanton Private Airstrip in Morpeth

17/10/08	G-BOLF	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk	Tees Valley Flight Training	0 / (1)	1
Crashed into North Sea near Robin Hood's Bay