ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55369
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Date: | Friday 24 July 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 |
Owner/operator: | Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) |
Registration: | XX916 |
MSN: | B.37 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 12 nm west of Hartland Point, Devon, England. -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Boscombe Down (EGDM) |
Destination airport: | Boscombe Down (EGDM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Whilst engaged in NAVWASS trials, crashed into the Bristol Channel twelve miles off Hartland Point, Devon after a bird strike which shattered the canopy. Both crew ejected but the navigator (Flt Lt S. Sparkes) drowned
Sources:
1.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200083.htm 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm 3.
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=280 4.
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1030130/ 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XX Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2009 11:52 |
harro |
Updated |
05-Jul-2011 00:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-Jun-2013 17:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-Jun-2013 17:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
22-Jun-2022 18:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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