ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55506
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| Date: | Thursday 24 August 2000 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier II T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF)/DERA |
| Registration: | ZH654 |
| MSN: | TX002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The crew of a Harrier jump jet escaped serious injury when they ejected from the fighter plane moments before it crashed to the ground and burst into flames.
The aircraft had been on a routine flight over the Wiltshire countryside when it ran into difficulties as it was coming into land at Boscombe Downs airbase, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The pilot and his navigator were forced to eject from the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's Harrier T10 plane when it was 50ft above ground.
They both suffered suspected back injuries and were taken by ambulance to the Salisbury District General Hospital, in Wiltshire
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "The crash occurred on landing about 50ft above the runway. The two-man crew ejected. It was a routine ejection. We do not know why the aircraft got into difficulty at this stage." Fire crews rushed to the scene shortly after the incident at about 17:00 BST.
Cause. The Board concluded that the accident which resulted in the loss of Harrier T10 ZH654 was caused by the aircraft engine being allowed to become starved of fuel causing it to wind down at a critical stage of flight.
Contributory Factors. The Board concluded that the following factors contributed to the accident:
a. An erroneous fuel gauge indication.
b. The Captain's management of the ac fuel system.
c. TIle Captain's airmanship decisions during the circuit flying phase of the sortie.
d. The inconspicuousness of the R/L FUEL steady and flashing cautions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B38D2916-1F8F-4FE3-AFCC-5A1184FE651D/0/air_accidents_2000_to_2006.pdf
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/894905.stm
3. http://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/archive1.htm
4, http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
5. http://www.airteamimages.com/british-aerospace-harrier_ZH654_united-kingdom---royal-air-force_43366.html
6. www.ukserials.com/losses-2000.htm
7. Photo of wreckage: http://www.ukserials.com/images/losses/zh654.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2009 11:24 | harro | Updated |
| 07-Aug-2011 12:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2012 19:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2013 23:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 10-Jul-2016 22:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jul-2016 23:02 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:54 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2019 15:14 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 27-Jan-2019 08:21 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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