ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138068
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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAe Hawk T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Red Arrows RAF |
| Registration: | XX260 |
| MSN: | 096/312096 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Blackpool Airport, Squire's Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire (BLK/EGNH) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Chester/Hawarden Airport (CEG/EGNR) |
| Blackpool Airport (BLK/EGNH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A RAF Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft emergency landing at Blackpool International Airport on 7/8/2011 after the Blackpool Airshow on the prom of the resort.
At the end of the Red Arrows display on the seafront, one Hawk left the other and landed at Blackpool. At first I thought the Red Arrows were all coming in to Blackpool. It was clear it was an emergency landing when the aircraft stopped on the runway and shut its engines down, also the fact the fire service was also on hand to help.
This caused the runway to be closed, and a Jet2.com Boeing 737-300 aircraft waiting to land over Blackpool had to hold in the circuit until the runway was cleared.
Later report: "...the aircraft did indeed suffer a flame-out. The pilot had a successful relight but was not happy with the aircraft, he called this to Red 2 who was in radio comms with Blackpool approach, Red 2 called it in as a PAN but quickly upgraded to Mayday. Red 7 was offered all runways at Blackpool but he had sufficient height to make an approach to runway 28. The aircraft was witnessed puffing black smoke from the exhaust.
The Hawk successfully landed and remained on the runway for 20 minutes with fire service in attendance causing an approaching Jet2 to hold whilst the aircraft was pushed off the runway."
Although the Hawk was apparently undamaged in the incident, and the pilot uninjured, there have been subsequent reports that the damage to the Hawk's airframe is beyond economic repair, and the aircraft will be scrapped after spares recovery.
Quote: "It has been decided that XX260 which was involved in the bird strike will be stripped of parts and scrapped due to it only having 50 hours left on the airframe. There is massive damage to the fan blades going deep into the engine, the bird has also made big holes in the skin inside the intake"
XX260 was sent to RAF Shawbury for long term storage on 24/8/2011 pending a decision upon the options for disposal of the airframe
As of 15th May 2023, the airframe has arrived at the Ulster Aviation Society, Maze Long Kesh, Northern Ireland to be added to their collection, according to their Facebook page.
Sources:
1. https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/sky_drama_as_bird_downs_red_arrow_1_3659827
2. North West Air News at http://derbosoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hawarden&action=display&thread=6967&page=1
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?111297-Reds-with-Black-lead&p=1790208#post1790208
4. http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&p=254473
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2011.htm
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2011 12:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Aug-2011 07:14 | MarkStep | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 24-Aug-2011 12:22 | MarkStep | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2013 07:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2014 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2017 11:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-May-2023 14:35 | Anon. | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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