ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140153
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| Date: | 02-JUL-1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | XR663 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/19986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| 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, Northumberrland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Overstressed in flight 2/7/1968 on a sortie from RAF Acklington, Northumberland: damage assessed initially as Cat.4(Repairable), and sent to 27 MU RAF Shawbury 15/7/1968 for repairs
Not repaired and struck off charge at 27 MU RAF Shawbury for parts recovery 12/8/1968: Struck off charge as Cat.5(Scrap) 13/08/1968, remains to No.431 MU RAF Bruggen, Germany on 09/12/1968 for use as painting trials/test airframe, finally scrapped in 1970.
Sources:
1. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t4-xr663-to-xr681/
2. http://www.neaviationresearch.org.uk/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2011 17:36 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Jul-2013 14:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 18:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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