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| Date: | Friday 6 June 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC Jet Provost T5A |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XW407 |
| MSN: | EEP/JP/1029 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | High Leys Farm, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire (EGXG) |
Written off when the aircraft collided mid-air with Jet Provost T5A XW411 when visual contact was lost during a tail chase. The leader then noticed the other aircraft ahead of him and despite taking avoiding action he struck and removed the tail section of the No.2 aircraft. All three crew ejected safely.
One aircraft crashed near High Leys Farm near Helmsley, North Yorkshire. the other crashed near Middle Heads Farm. The pilot of XW407 - F/Lt Brian R Iddon RAF (8141030) - ejected safely, but was seriously injured.
XW407 was formally struck off charge as Cat.5 (Scrap) (FA) on 27 June 1986
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1986.htm
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1275482/
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/81-2000/xw407.html
4. http://www.rafchurchfenton.org.uk/Photo%20Gallery%20Pages/7FTS_gallery_4.htm
5. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t5-xw404-to-xw419/
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194614/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1986.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2011 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Mar-2012 06:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 07-Mar-2012 06:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2014 23:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Nov-2018 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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