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| Date: | Thursday 19 September 1985 |
| Time: | 17:35 LT |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS921 |
| MSN: | 95254 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea fifty miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
Crashed into the North Sea fifty miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire after the pilot ejected following loss of control due to malfunction of the aileron powered flying control unit. Probably caused by a foreign object jamming one of the four aileron input levers
Flt. Lt Craig Penrice ejected -"Pulled the handle at 19,000 feet, 0.98 M or 540 knots. Broken elbow and broken knee, returned to flying 11 months later after 22 bits of metal to fix broken joints and a nerve transplant..."
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170619135050/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/Biographies/P/Penrice_Craig/Penrice_Craig.htm
2. http://www.ejectorseats.co.uk/lightningf6_1.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1985.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1980s
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20150224045018/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf6.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2011 00:19 | RRAVON | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, ] |
| 13-Mar-2012 16:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2012 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 16-Aug-2012 05:19 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 07-Apr-2013 17:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2014 22:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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