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| Date: | Friday 10 September 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 2B |
| Owner/operator: | 208 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XV867 |
| MSN: | B3-16-67 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland |
| RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
During a high G turn over the Irish Sea the undercarriage lowered, severing hydraulic lines and causing a fuel leak. Due to poor weather at other bases the pilot was forced to divert to Leeming, Yorks, being refuelled en-route.
During the subsequent emergency landing XV867 swung off the runway at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, due to collapse of starboard undercarriage leg. Both crew climbed out of the aircraft, unhurt, via a fire-tender's stepladder
Although the damage was minor and repairable, the imminent run down and withdrawl from service of the Buccaneer fleet meant a decision was taken not to repair XV867.
Instead the aircraft was struck off charge as Category 5(Scrap) and cut up as scrap at RAF Leeming. Most of the airframe was removed to the scrapyard of Calvert's Ltd in Thirsk, although the nose section was preserved (at the Highlands Aviation Museum, Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland)
Sources:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?86564-Buccaneer-emergency-landing-video&p=1332131#post1332131
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2_XV867_files/0_S2_XV867.htm]
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1993.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2011 05:19 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 14-Sep-2012 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2013 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 23-May-2013 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 04-Aug-2015 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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