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| Date: | Thursday 19 March 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F3 |
| Owner/operator: | Lightning Trg Flt RAF |
| Registration: | XP707 |
| MSN: | 95161 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
Control was lost while inverted during a practice display over Binbrook, Lincolnshire due to a slow feeding ventral tank which altered the centre of gravity. The aircraft entered an inverted spin from which the pilot (Flt. Lt. R. B. Lennon) could not recover, and he ejected. XP707 crashed 500 metres from the airfield boundary near to the fire dump
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19870319_xp707.pdf
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1987.htm
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1980s.html#87
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/
5. http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.httm
6. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1987.htm#mar
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1980
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2011 00:19 | RRAVON | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Mar-2012 17:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2012 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 06-May-2013 20:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 29-May-2013 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 30-Oct-2014 03:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 04-May-2015 06:53 | 916speed | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 12-Nov-2019 23:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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