ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56597
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| Date: | Monday 12 October 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Folland Gnat T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XR976 |
| MSN: | FL573 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV) |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey (VLY/EGOV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Undercarriage failure due to undershooting on landing at RAF Valley, Anglesey. Aircraft attempted to climb and go around again, but hit ground after overshoot at Rhosneigr, Anglesey.
Of the two crew on board, Flt. Lt. Mike Vickers ejected at 5-600 feet approx. 150 knots I.A.S, and Lt. Richard Sheridan (RN) ejected at 2-300 feet approx. 150 knots I.A.S.
Per eyewitness report from one of the two pilots involved, Richard Sheridan:
"I was on exchange duty at Valley as a QFI & on this occasion was doing ' continuation training' with Flt. Lt. Mike Vickers of Standards Flight to upgrade my QFI rating from B1 to A2.
I was demonstrating a practice forced landing from the back seat & as I started to flare at 500 ft. there was no nose-up change in the attitude of the aircraft. I hit the Standby Trim switch & the nose slowly started to rise. I could see that we were going to hit the undershoot just short of the "down' barrier & I put on full power. The aircraft was level as we hit the ground & we bounced into the air shedding the main gear legs & folding the nose gear neatly into its stowage! With the Gnat in a steep climbing turn to port & with no pitch control I shouted 'eject' ( I was talking to myself because the crash strip on the belly had switched off all the electrics & fired the engine fire extinguisher!) I estimate that I was at 100 feet when I left & was in the 'chute for 2 to 3 seconds before landing on the grass to the left of the runway. Mike said that he was at 2-300 feet when he ejected.
We both landed before the Gnat crashed into a small stream between the runway & the village of Rhosneigr. We were the fifth & sixth Gnat ejectees & the first to have no apparent compression fractures of the spine."
Sources:
1. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/Biographies/Joint-Crash-Details/1964-10-12_FollandGnat/19641012Gnat.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1964.htm
3. http://wrecksiteuk.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/raf-valley.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2011 11:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2013 15:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2013 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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