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Date: | Thursday 29 April 1976 |
Time: | 14:12 LT |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F.58 |
Owner/operator: | Swiss Air Force |
Registration: | J-4084 |
MSN: | 41H-697451 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Fanellagletscher, Kanton Graubünden -
Switzerland
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | LSMD |
Destination airport: | LSMD |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Built by Hawker Aircraft Limited, Kingston-upon-Thames, as FMk58
Hawker Aircraft Line no: XE72
Centre Fuselage no: 41H-697451
First flight at Dunsfold 17-Nov-59, Pilot: David Lockspeiser
Delivered to Dübendorf 19-Feb-60
Delivered to squadron 15-Mar-60
Hours logged: 1237.12
Crashed Fanellagletscher, Kanton Graubünden 29-4-1976. Hydraulic system failed during a trainingflight from Dübendorf - LSMD. After a few seconds the engine also failed. Pilot Lt Peter Spenger ejected safely. The Hunter crashed to the ground and was destroyed.
Sources:
http://178.83.198.61/wings/04-SAF/Basis-e.htm http://www.swisshunters.info/#4084
http://web.archive.org/web/20170528125946/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Switzerland.htm
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jun-2011 10:15 |
Alpine Flight |
Added |
21-Mar-2012 07:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |