ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157278
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.2 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE |
| Registration: | XN686 |
| MSN: | 10094 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kings Farm, East Huntspill, near Highbridge, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 26/8/1970: Entered a spin after control was lost at 5,000 feet during low speed engine handling tests. Both crew - Flt. Lt. D. Allardyce and Flt. Lt. R. Statham ejected - ejected over Burnham-on-Sea, near Weston-Super-Mare, and XN686 crashed into open ground at Kings Farm, East Huntspill, near Highbridge, south of Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
The pilot was uninjured, and was flown back to base by a SAR helicopter; the observer, however, sustained a fractured leg, and was taken to hospital at WEston-super-Mre for treatment.
NOTE: XN686 was assigned to 899 NAS, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as "125/E" in 1966, and may have only been on loan to the A&AEE at the time of the crash (instead of a formal transfer of ownership)
Sources:
1. Weston Super Mare & the Aeroplane By Ted Johnson
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1970.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20120622210245/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaVixen.htm
4. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/441533-new-author.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1191149/_
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20170718032515/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com:80/SeaVixen.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2013 14:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 17:42 | Route | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Aug-2015 22:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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