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Date: | Tuesday 8 June 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XZ989 |
MSN: | 712212 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Port San Carlos FOB (Forward Operating Base), East Falkland -
Falkland Islands
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Port San Carlos |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lost power on landing at Port San Carlos airstrip. It hit the strip hard and skidded to a halt. Pilot - Wg Cdr Pete Squire - did not eject.
Anecdote from Wing Commander Squire: "I have aircraft XZ989 which is carrying a number of known defects. On take-off I have to go through the limiter to avoid sinking off the ramp.
At the FOB I misjudge the height going across the side of the pad and lift some of the metal. I overshoot in order to see what damage has been done and at about 90kts there is a marked drop in thrust which is not corrected by pushing through the limiter. As a result of the rate of descent and the fact that I am pointing directly at a Rapier FU, I elect not to eject and the aircraft hits the ground very hard - the undercarriage is broken off and canopy broken. The aircraft, still under power, comes to a rest at the end of the strip, whereupon I shut the engine down and vacate...
...Flt Sgt Cowburn who has spent some time at the FOB starts robbing the aircraft of valuable spares while I catch a chopper down to HMS Fearless in San Carlos Water."
Wreckage later recovered, and allocated to Ground Instructional use as 8849M at Gutersloh, Germany.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm http://www.raf.mod.uk/falklands/1sqn_5.html Burden, Rodney A; Michael I Draper, Douglas A Rough, Colin R Smith, David L Wilton (1986). Falklands - The Air War. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-842-7.
Halley, James J (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Aug-2011 21:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2013 18:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
02-Aug-2014 09:40 |
Anon. |
Updated [Plane category] |
02-Aug-2014 09:40 |
harro |
Updated [Plane category] |