ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55378
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| Date: | Monday 10 December 1979 |
| Time: | 09:04 |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XX749 |
| MSN: | S.46 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lumsden, Aberdeenshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Mid-air collision during a low-level formation training flight involving two Jaguar aircraft. Both Jaguars involved in the collision (XX749 and XX755) crashed. Staff pilot (Flight Lieutenant Nicholas James Brown in XX749) was killed and the student pilot (Flt. Lt. C. Watson in XX755) ejected safely.
Severe injuries in XX749 attributed to the canopy failing to jettison because the firing link was disconnected in the collision, so the seat passed through the canopy severely injuring the pilot, who was also burned due to the fuel tank behind the cockpit exploding.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19791210_xx749_xx755.pdf
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1979.htm
4. http://www.targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/service_uk.html
5. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%203073.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2011 14:32 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2011 00:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2013 16:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 21:07 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Sep-2020 07:10 | Kriskross | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2020 07:11 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 24-Dec-2020 19:48 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2021 17:52 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
| 01-Jun-2023 08:50 | harro | Updated [[Accident report]] |
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