Incident Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XN556,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140157
 
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Date:Tuesday 17 March 1970
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic JPRO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hunting Jet Provost T.4
Owner/operator:1 FTS RAF
Registration: XN556
MSN: PAC/W/11811
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire
Narrative:
Written off 17/03/1970 when the aircraft stalled and crashed while on approach to Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, remains Struck off Charge 17/03/1970 as CAT 5(C) and reduced to spares and produce. Student Pilot was a foreign national who was rescued from the wreckage by a very brave QFI who ran from his nearby married quarter. Student then ran to the nearby Officers' Mess, went to bed and claimed it was not him who had crashed the plane!

Sources:

1. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/jet-provost-crashes/
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
3. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn547-to-xn559/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Nov-2011 18:13 Dr. John Smith Added
30-Nov-2011 19:02 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Oct-2012 10:47 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Source]
27-Jun-2013 18:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
06-Dec-2018 18:11 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
27-Nov-2023 08:29 mishkabear Updated [Narrative]

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