ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140096
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| Date: | 18-MAY-1967 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS Royal Air Force (1 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | XN588 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/12190 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Lund Wood, Wharram-le-Street, Malton, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 18th May 1967, Jet Provost T.3 XN588 dived into the ground after the pilot became disorientated in cloud, the crash made a large crater near the old railway line from Malton to Driffield.
Emergency services drove down the railway trackbed to reach the crash site, which was reported in the local newspaper to have been alongside the railway near Lund Wood, Wharram-le-Street. The pilot lost his life.
Pilot - Midshipman Ronald Geoffrey Maxwell RN, aged 20, of Liverpool - did not eject, and was killed. XN588 was struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) the next day (19/5/1967) and the wreckage was reportedly buried at the crash site
Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/xn588.html
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm
3. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn573-to-xn590/
4. Yorkshire Air News July 1967: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1967%2007.pdf
5. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/jet-provost-crashes/
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2011 16:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Aug-2013 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2015 06:52 | JD | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-May-2015 06:53 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2015 21:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 12-Jul-2022 23:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Category] |
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