ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55472
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 February 1996 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAe Hawk T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS 19(R) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XX164 |
| MSN: | 312011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley, Isle of Anglesey |
| RAF Valley (HLY/EGOV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Uncontrollable roll on takeoff.
Aileron control rod disconnected to remove an N2 bottle provide access for an NDT task. Disconnection was not documented and the rod not reconnected
The pilot, Flt. Lt. Simon Burgess (attached to 19(R) Squadron) attempted to eject but was killed when his parachute did not have time to deploy before he struck the ground. The same pilot had previously ejected from Tornado GR.1 ZA403 on 24th January 1991 over Iraq and had been taken prisoner until the end of the Gulf war
Sources:
1. Flight International 4-10 June 1997 https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/disconnected-ailerons-are-blamed-for-raf-hawk-crash-17706/
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19960213_xx164.pdf
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
4. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/crash-pilot-was-gulf-war-hero-1319050.html
5, https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121203121747/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/CorporatePublications/AirSafetyandAviationPublications/MAAS/1990s/19960213RafHawkT1Xx164.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2011 15:25 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2011 07:01 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2011 12:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2011 00:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2013 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2013 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 28-Dec-2013 16:43 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Nov-2014 15:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 24-Apr-2016 14:50 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 22:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2019 09:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 11-Jul-2023 21:07 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Narrative, Operator]] |
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