ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148721
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| Date: | Friday 6 July 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hunter F.6A |
| Owner/operator: | 1 TWU (79 Sqn) RAF |
| Registration: | XG197 |
| MSN: | 41H-680022 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | King Arthurs Terrace, Tintagel, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brawdy (EGDA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 06-07-1979: Crashed into King Arthurs Terrace, Tintagel, Cornwall after the pilot (Flt. Lt. Nicholson) ejected following engine failure, and the aircraft ended up wedged in a 12 foot gap between Klymiarven Guest house and King Arthur's Terrace, damaging just three cars, a greenhouse and a swimming pool in it's wake. However, there were no casualties. For the pilot's recollections, and later persecution by the authorities, see pages 105-114 of "The Hawker Hunter." by Tom McLelland (Crecy Publishing).
Per eyewitness report: "I used to work with the unfortunate pilot of this Hunter. The engine went to full idle as a result of a fault in the fuel metering unit. He trimmed the aircraft, pointing it out to sea, ejected and then watched the Hunter turn round and fly back inland! Sadly he messed up his back (thanks to the old bang seat) and was then messed about about endlessly by the MoD. They really couldn't see the irony in making him unfit for flying but refusing to compensate him!
As I recall, the engine fault was caused by a stray blob of grease blocking the venturi that compensated for altitude. The engine assumed it was now in the outer atmosphere and cut the fuel flow to, well, not very much"
Sources:
http://www.tintagelweb.co.uk/Tintagel%20Plane%20Crash.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19790706_xg197.pdf
http://rafforum.activeboard.com/t48102285/hunter-f6-xg197-abandoned-on-060779/
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/76997-tintagel-hunter.html
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1979.htm
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?21354-My-Hunter-is-stuck!
http://web.archive.org/web/20170713233149/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1979.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2012 13:13 | AvDb | Added |
| 16-Apr-2013 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2013 18:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2013 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2013 09:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Oct-2013 14:04 | Nyati | Updated [Narrative] |
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