ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55518
Last updated: 1 May 2020
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| Date: | 09-JAN-1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier II GR.7 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn Royal Air Force (4 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | ZD377 |
| C/n / msn: | P25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Laarbruch -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Laarbruch |
Pitched down during take off from Laarbruch, Germany due to a fault in the flap auto sensor system which put the flaps in the fully lowered position. When the pilot rotated the nozzles after the short take off the thrust blew directly onto the flaps. Impossible to correct the pitch, the Pilot ejected and landed on the airfield breaking a leg. Fortunately a cross wind blew him away from the still moving aircraft and it slid past him inverted
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19970109_zd377.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo001023/text/01023w06.htm
Images:
Photo of ZD377 courtesy AirHistory.net
Boscombe Down (EGDM)
June 1990; (c) T.Laurent
Photo: AAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2011 22:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 18:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2013 18:21 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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