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| Date: | Wednesday 17 April 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAe Hawk T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XX293 |
| MSN: | 121/312118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nedging Tye, Suffolk, near RAF Wattisham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham (EGUW) |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey |
The canopy had opened after pilot forgot to lock it. XX293 crashed through power lines and into a cottage on take off from RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. The pilot - P.O A. Crosby - ejected safely at approx co-ordinates 52° 6′ 28.8″ N, 0° 56′ 56.4″ E
A number of aircraft from 4 FTS had temporarily detached to Wattisham from Valley, due to bad weather at Valley. The un-manned jet circled the airfield before crashing into a cottage in Nedging Tye, finally impacting into the ground in an adjacent field.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19850417_xx293.pdf
3. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1995/nov/28/military-air-crashes
4. http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wattisham_aviation_accidents.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedging_Tye
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2011 00:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2012 05:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2013 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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