ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140130
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| Date: | 27-MAR-1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | XP661 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/17630 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
| RAF Acklington | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot (flying solo) lost control while practising maximum rate turns and entered a spiral dive. He recovered the aircraft at 500 feet but overstressed the airframe when it pulled 10½g. Returned to RAF Acklington, Northumberland but was deemed to have been damaged beyond repair
04/04/1963 :To Hunting Aircraft for repairs but was found to be damaged beyond repair
04/06/1963: To 60 MU Dishforth
13/06/1963: Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I)
09/09/1963: To Linton-on-Ouse for ground instructional use as 7819M. Later reduced to a nose section, to Shawbury as 8594M, fate unknown
Sources:
1. htttp://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t4-xr663-to-xr681/
3. http://www.aircraft-scrapyards-and-gi-airframes.org.uk/jet-provost/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2011 15:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Nov-2011 15:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source] |
| 07-Oct-2013 00:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2018 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
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