Wirestrike Incident Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP12 XL806,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155007
 
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Date:Friday 4 October 1963
Time:
Type:Saunders-Roe Skeeter AOP12
Owner/operator:652 Sqn Brit. AAC
Registration: XL806
MSN: S2/5089
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Dahl, Paderborn (NRW) -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Paderborn, West Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off 4/10/1963: Damaged when it struck concealed overhead power cables when low flying near Dahl, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. The pilot suffered minor injuries. Later declared a write off (damaged beyond economic repair) and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 27/11/1963; scrapped after component recovery.

Sources:

1. Passauer Neue Presse 5.10.1963, p23
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
3. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/uk/army/types/skeeter12.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 June 1960 XL772 652 Sqn Brit. AAC 0 Detmold airfield w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Apr-2013 13:58 TB Added
11-Oct-2013 18:37 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Oct-2013 18:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Nov-2018 20:56 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
28-Oct-2019 17:49 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location]
05-Nov-2019 17:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
21-Feb-2020 18:24 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Operator]

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