ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137145
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| Date: | Monday 16 September 1996 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 |
| Owner/operator: | 899 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | ZD580 |
| MSN: | 41H-912043/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Portland Sea Exercise Area, off Portland, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Yeovilton (EGDY) |
| RNAS Yeovilton (EGDY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Collided off the coast of Dorset near Portland with F-16A J-139 of 323 Sqn, Royal Netherlands AF, during a one versus two Dissimilar Air Combat Training sortie. Both aircraft managed to recover to RNAS Yeovilton.
The Sea Harrier lost the radome, radar and port stabiliser in the accident and was assessed at CAT 4(R). It was sent to St. Athan for store on 22 October 1996, and then to Warton for mods and repair during September 2001.
With the announcement in 2002 that the Sea Harrier fleet was to be withdrawn the mods were terminated on 5th March and the aircraft returned to St. Athan in June 2002 for spares recovery and later to a private collector at Sproughton, Suffolk
ZD580 was then sold to Jet Art of Queensbury, Bradford, who restored it to static display condition. It seems to have been bought by the owner of a pub in Cheshire in 2009.
ZD580 Now resides in Auckland, New Zealand under private ownership for private display.
(As for F-16 J-139, it was repaired on site at Yeovilton and returned to service by November 1996)
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20111206015544/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/accidentsindex.htm]l
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1996.htm
3. http://www.jetartaviation.co.uk/project-galleries/
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20130624074648/http://www.targetlock.org.uk:80/seaharrier/production_uk.html
5. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1732/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2013 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2013 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2013 22:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 10-Mar-2016 17:07 | EDOTTOADAM | Updated [Narrative] |
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