ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55086
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.2A (Mod) |
| Owner/operator: | BAe Warton |
| Registration: | XT285 |
| MSN: | B3-07-65 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Luce Bay, West Freugh, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BAe, Warton |
| BAe, Warton | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
XT285 crashed at West Freugh in South West Scotland on 5 July 1978. The pilot executed too tight a turn during a dummy attack on Luce Bay range off West Freugh, Dumfries. The aircraft stalled, pitched up, dropped a wing and crashed.
The pilot (Mr. A. Love)remained with the aircraft and was killed. The navigator (Mr. J. Bigland) ejected but was also killed; both were civilian contractors. Mr Love was employed by British Aerospace at Warton; Mr Bigland was employed by Easams Ltd, part of a trials team based at Warton. At the time of the crash, XT285 was being used as an airborne test bed for the avionics of the Panavia Tornado MRCA
Sources:
1. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/Pages1_files/Radar_Index.htm
2. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/S2_XT285_files/0_S2_XT285.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1978.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
5. http://www.on-target-aviation.com/XX894_Bucc.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2009 11:27 | Anon. | Updated |
| 17-Jul-2011 01:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2013 04:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2013 23:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2013 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2020 20:36 | Ian Henderson | Updated [Narrative] |
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