ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140161
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 31-JUL-1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.3 |
| Operator: | 7 FTS, RAF |
| Registration: | XN590 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Goole, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
| Elvington, Yorkshire |
Suffered a multiple bird strike during an overshoot at Elvington, Yorks when it flew into part of a flock of 500 racing pigeons that had been released ten miles south of the airfield. The pilot - Flt. Lt. D. R.Chapman - ejected at 250 feet and 140 knots IAS, and the aircraft crashed into woods near Goole, Humberside
Sources:
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1980.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19800731_xn590.pdf
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F94793BD-F80F-447C-831E-F4FD7A227383/0/maas80_15_jetprovost_t3a_xn590_31jul80.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2011 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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