ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82600
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XT857 |
| MSN: | 2097 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
| RAF Leuchars, (ADX/EGQL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was being flown by a recently qualified pilot and overran the end of the runway. It was the beach end of the rwy and the soft sandy soil caused the nose leg to quickly sink until the retraction jack folded in the middle and punched it's way through the roof of the nose gear bay and the floor of the fwd cockpit. The damage was such that it was uneconomical to repair. As far as I know, I'm the only person who photographed the a/c immediately after the incident.
Aircraft officially struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) on 11/03/1986: to ground instructional use as RAF Leuchars as 8913M. Finally scrapped in April 1992
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=833
2. http://www.thephantomshrine.co.uk/hist.htm
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?4903-uk-f-4s
4. http://www.airfighters.com/photo/16171/L/UK-Air-Force/McDonnell-Douglas-F-4-Phantom-FG1-F-4K/XT857/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2010 11:28 | TwinPin | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2011 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 16:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2013 13:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2014 22:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
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