ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55300
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1976 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Victor K.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 55 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XL513 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (EGYM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 23/9/1976 when overran on rejected takeoff from RAF Mrham, Norfolk, after birdstrike and caught fire. Per eywitness report:
"... it was a bird strike but the captain chose to abort take off after rotate speed! Brakes and brake chute failed to stop aircraft slowly going into the overshoot. One main undercarriage broke off backwards and I think if memory serves me right [the Victor] broke its back. Apparently one of the crew managed to get his parachute hooked up while exiting the aircraft and streamed it across the grass but everyone got out safely."
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 - XZ999, published 2001
2. Handley Page Victor: The Crescent-Winged V-Bomber (Aerofax)
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1976.htm
4. http://rafforum.activeboard.com/t48123722/28th-september-1976-victor-xl513-of-55-sqn-marham/?page=1
5. http://s3.zetaboards.com/locate_and_cement/topic/7480719/1/
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20160303210250/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Victor.htm
7. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/rafmarham195482.cfm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2011 10:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 13:57 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Jun-2013 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2013 00:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Oct-2013 20:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2017 09:31 | Andrew Walster | Updated [Date, Time] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:50 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2023 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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