ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65637
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| Date: | Thursday 7 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra PR Mk 7 |
| Owner/operator: | 13 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WT530 |
| MSN: | 71446 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Siggiewei, Malta/Luqa (LMML) -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa (LMML) |
| RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 07/12/1978: crashed at Luqa, Malta due to engine failure on takeoff. WT530 was on its way back to Wyton from Cyprus when it stopped to refuel at its old base in Malta. The reason for the loss of engine power was through water contamination of the fuel in the fuel system from the heavy rain that had been in the area at the time. Edit.Rain cannot get into an aircraft fuel system. The Canberra had Avon engines, not Speys.
WT530 went off the runway at Siggiewi; 2 crew (Flt. Lt. G.Morgan (Pilot) and Flt. Lt. V.A.Mee (navigator)) ejected. The third crew member (F/O Richard Marshall) unfortunately perished; he was not in the jump seat but was in the old bomb aimers position,if I remember correctly he was only 19.
It is notable that WT530 had only arrived at Luqa, Malta the previous day from Akrotiri, Cyprus, and the aircraft had arrived with undercarriage problems
Edit. Rainwater cannot get into an aircraft fuel tank The Canberra had Avon engines, not Speys.
Sources:
https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-101153.html
http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19701979/tabid/653/language/en-US/Default.aspx
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194139/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1978.htm#dec
http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=1446.0
https://www.gov.uk/search-armed-forces-memorial-roll-of-honourroll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=R8921
http://www.aero-pics.co.uk/miscellany/Canberra%20PR%20Mk.7%20WT530%20Masirah%2018111972%20D12617.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 11:05 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 14:47 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 23-Oct-2011 15:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2012 12:27 | Vulcan | Updated [Total fatalities, Destination airport] |
| 23-Aug-2012 12:56 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants] |
| 12-Apr-2013 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2013 07:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 13-Apr-2013 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2016 17:55 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Jan-2022 15:31 | Perkypenguin | Updated [Narrative] |
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