ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55519
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| Date: | Monday 19 February 1996 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier II GR.7 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | ZG476 |
| MSN: | P66 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | High Farm, Southorpe, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus |
| RAF Wittering (EGXT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While on final approach to Wittering, Cambridgeshire at the end of a flight from Cyprus the engine lost power following a loud bang. The pilot ejected and the aircraft crashed into woods at High Farm, Southorpe, three miles from the runway.
His parachute became entangled in trees but he was able to release his harness and drop 20 feet to the ground suffering only minor injuries. According to official MoD/RAF Board of inquiry the cause of the crash was due to failure of a blade in the second stage low pressure turbine
Sources:
1. Flight International 4-10 June 1997
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19960219_zg476.pdf
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194638/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1996.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1996.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2011 15:28 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2011 13:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2013 18:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2014 15:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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