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| Date: | Tuesday 20 September 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC Lightning F52 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force |
| Registration: | 52-657 |
| MSN: | 95149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Khamis Mushayt -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Khamis Mushaiyt, Saudia Arabia |
XN796; C/No. 95149. First flown by D. de Villiers on 12-7-63 at BAC Samlesbury. Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham, 11-10-63; never allocated to an RAF squadron. Stored at Lyneham until bought by the BAC for the Saudi Arabian contract; delivered to Warton, 29-4-66; to Royal Saudi Air Force as 52-657, 8-7-66.
Crashed on take-off from the RSAF Air Base at Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia, 20-9-66, after excessive rotation at low airspeed. Pilot - Mr. P.G. Hay, a civilian pilot on assignment from Airwork Ltd - was not injured, but the aircraft was written off
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160304001833/http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf2f2a.html
www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XN
http://web.archive.org/web/20170123023002/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1966jul-sep.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2012 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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