ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55492
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| Date: | Friday 31 August 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawk T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF 'Red Arrows |
| Registration: | XX257 |
| MSN: | 093/312093 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, 3 miles off Sidmouth, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | EXT/EGTE |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Suffered failure of a rotor blade in the low pressure compressor while taking part in a display over Sidmouth, Devon. At the top of the 'Vixen' loop, the pilot - Flt. Lt. P.D. Lees - was unable to regain control of the engine and flew the aircraft out to sea where he ejected
The aircraft crashed into the sea 3 miles off Sidmouth, Devon, and the pilot was rescued by an Sidmouth independent inshore rescue boat.
The wreckage was recovered by the Royal Navy, and sent to the AAIB for investigation. It later turned up in a scrapyard at Charlwood in Surrey.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19840831_xx257.pdf
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
3. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/image_view.php?a=23939&s=xx257.jpg (wreckage in Charlwood Scrapyard)
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1984.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2011 00:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2011 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 30-May-2013 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2015 16:10 | ian weedon | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2015 19:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2017 18:42 | Admin J Pimm | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Sep-2020 06:38 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport] |
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