ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56603
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Date: | Friday 25 May 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Lightning F6 |
Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XS931 |
MSN: | 95264 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Hornsea, Humberside -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the North Sea off Hornsea, Humberside, after the pilot - Flying Officer Peter Coker - ejected, due to the controls jamming shortly after take off from Binbrook
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20150224045018/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf6.html 2.
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xs931.html 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1979.htm]
4.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1979.htm 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Mar-2012 15:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Sep-2012 02:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
06-Jun-2013 21:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
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