ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55334
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1B |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XZ108 |
| MSN: | S.109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 Miles NE of Cromer, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot lost control of the aircraft when acting a singleton during a two verses one air combat sortie over the North Sea with two other Jaguars. He ejected at 3,360 feet and the aircraft crashed into the sea thirteen miles north east of Cromer, Norfolk. (Officially at 53deg 11 min North, 01deg 16 min East, according to the RAF/MoD Board of inquiry report)
NOTE: This accident indirectly caused another accident! During the search and rescue mission to recover the pilot of Jaguar XZ108, Sea King ZA136 of 820 NAS suffered an hydraulic fire in the rear of the aircraft. This damaged the flight controls and burnt through wiring forcing the pilot to ditch into the sea. The four crew were rescued by Sea King HAR3A ZH541and taken to hospital in Norwich. End result - no fatalties in either crash, but five personnel (one from the Jaguar, four from the Sea King) spent some time in the sea awaiting rescue
It is my understanding that the loss of the Sea King was a couple of days afterwards. As I recall it was searching for the aircraft wreckage and then suffered the in flight emergency.
Thankfully also, they managed to locate the wreckage before the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1998.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19980903_xz108.pdf
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170301083329/http://www.targetlock.org.uk:80/jaguar/production_uk.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2011 04:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2013 02:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Feb-2021 20:28 | SIRJAMES111 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2021 20:30 | harro | Updated [Category, Accident report] |
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