ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137405
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Date: | Saturday 11 July 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier T.2 |
Owner/operator: | A&AEE |
Registration: | XW264 |
MSN: | 212003 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
Destination airport: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 11/07/1970: Made a forced landing at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire after engine failure due to dirt in the fuel system. The undercarriage collapsed on touchdown and the aircraft skidded on to the runway and burst into flames. The pilot escaped with minor injuries. Remains to Dunsfold and later to Farnborough dump
Cockpit section survived to be acquired by the Jet Age Aircraft Museum at Staverton, Gloucestershire
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses 2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm 4.
http://www.jetagemuseum.btck.co.uk/Cockpits Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jul-2011 01:13 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
15-May-2013 17:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Jun-2013 12:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code] |
19-Oct-2014 17:43 |
Route |
Updated [Operator] |
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