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Date: | Wednesday 29 May 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAe Harrier II GR.7 |
Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | ZG473 |
MSN: | P63 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 6 miles south of RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Gutersloh, (GUT/ETUO) |
Destination airport: | RAF Gutersloh (G) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed six miles south of Gutersloh, Germany after the pilot (Flt. Lt. S. Bell) ejected at 2,000 ft. Arcing had started a fire which caused an electrical failure while inverted at 15,000 ft.
Several similar but not so serious incidents with GR7s caused the grounding of the type while wiring looms were altered
Sources:
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://web.archive.org/web/20111206134315/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/Harrier.html
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo001023/text/01023w06.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1991.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jan-2009 11:44 |
harro |
Updated |
15-Aug-2011 22:22 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2013 18:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
05-Feb-2020 11:07 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |