ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56589
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 July 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XR760 |
| MSN: | 95225 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 7 miles off Whitby, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shortly after taking on fuel from a Victor tanker and while carrying out an intercept a fire started in the jet pipe area and the control column seized in the central position. The pilot - Flt. Lt. R. G. Bees - ejected and the aircraft crashed into the North Sea seven miles off Whitby, North Yorkshire
Sources:
1. Flight International 16 May 1987
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194614/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1986.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]l
4. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19860715_xr760.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1980s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 05:26 | harro | Updated |
| 13-Mar-2012 16:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2013 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-May-2013 14:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2014 00:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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