ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55507
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier II GR.7 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ZG532 |
| MSN: | P86 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pallinsburn House, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland** -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore (OKH/EGXJ) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot of an RAF Harrier GR7 ejected to safety, moments before his plane crashed and burst into flames near Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland on Wednesday afternoon.
He is not believed to be seriously injured but has been taken to Melrose Hospital, across the Scottish border in Galashiels. Seconds after the pilot ejected, the £25m aircraft crashed on open land and exploded in flames.
Two RAF mountain rescue teams are at the scene, and senior officers have begun an investigation into the cause of the crash. The jump jet had been based at RAF Cottesmore in Rutland.
**NOTE; The official MoD report into the accident gives the crash location as "2 nm SE of Coldstream, Scottish Borders". However, "Hansard", the official record of debates in the UK Parliament gives the crash site as "6 nautical miles east of Coldstream" - this information being presumably supplied by the RAF and/or the MoD to Parliament.
According to one source, the Harrier was forced to take extreme avoiding action to avoid a mid-air collision with an RAF Tucano flying in the same area.
Sources:
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/394738.stm
2. http://www.neaviationresearch.org.uk/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1999.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/images/losses/zg532.jpg (picture of the wreckage)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19990714_zg532.pdf
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
7. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/2000/oct/23/air-accidents-investigation-branch
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses#UK_operated_Harriers_3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2011 01:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2012 14:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2013 02:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2014 17:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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