ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60101
Last updated: 14 June 2019
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| Date: | 14-MAY-2009 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier GR9 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn Royal Air Force (1 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | ZG478 |
| C/n / msn: | P68 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kandahar Airbase -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kandahar (KDH/OAKN) |
| Kandahar (KDH/OAKN) |
After an uneventful two aircraft sortie their landing back at Kandahar, Afghanistan was held off by ten minutes due to a busy circuit. When cleared to land ATC requested an expedite landing and runway clearance due to heavy traffic.
The wingman landed first due to low fuel but received a hostile missile alert and released flares. ZG478's turn onto finals was too short and 6,500ft higher than normal. Throughout the approach the rate of descent was too high and 'Hover Stop' was selected in an attempt to correct this.
At 180ft full power was selected but the tail struck the ground 30ft from the threshold. The outriggers and main undercarriage collapsed as did the nose wheel when the aircraft pitched forward. The under wing stores (bombs, rockets, recce pod, targeting pod and drop tanks) caught fire as it slid along the runway for 4,000ft. During the slide the pilot turned the aircraft away from a formation of four aircraft waiting to take off then ejected as it slowed down, but before it came to a stop. The fire spread to engulf the whole aircraft
Sources:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5322750/Pilot-ejects-from-RAF-Harrier-crash.html
https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/373898-harrier-crashes-afghanistan-pilot-injured-ejection-3.html
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?122451-Harrier-and-Phantom-to-Move
https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/showthread.php?t=135535&page=2
Images:
Photo of ZG478 courtesy AirHistory.net
Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)
3 April 2006; (c) John Allan
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2009 08:41 | wandereruk | Added |
| 17-May-2009 20:55 | wandereruk | Updated |
| 19-May-2009 00:03 | FISHER01 | Updated |
| 04-Jun-2010 12:43 | krasatpi | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 26-Aug-2011 06:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2012 01:45 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2012 11:03 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 07:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-May-2013 15:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 28-Oct-2017 10:09 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-May-2019 17:00 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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