ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56547
Last updated: 5 November 2019
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| Date: | 25-JAN-1971 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F3 |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Squadron Royal Air Force (29 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | XP756 |
| C/n / msn: | 95184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
XP756; C/N 95184 ff R.P. Beamont 22-6-64 Samlesbury. To 23 Squadron, 24-8-64. To 29 Squadron as "E", later (by 8/67) "K"
Crashed 25/1/1971 due to reheat fire in the jet pipe which caused a loss of control. XP756 crashed into the North Sea off Great Yarmouth. The USAF exchange pilot -Capt. W.Povilus, USAF - ejected safely.
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201936.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421174917/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1971.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]l
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
5. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xp756.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2008 11:27 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Dec-2011 23:26 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
| 17-Feb-2012 18:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 14:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2013 02:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2015 20:26 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Departure airport] |
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