ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55527
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Date: | Wednesday 25 September 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | BAe Harrier T.4A |
Owner/operator: | 1(F) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XZ147 |
MSN: | 212028 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Great Driffield, East Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Birdstrike (black-headed gull) at 250 ft. Pilot hit in face by bird remains which covered his visor and ripped his mask off. Both on board ejected: Officer Cadet Kate Saunders suffered serious burns after landing amongst blazing wreckage. Pilot - Sqn. Ldr. Ashley D. Stevenson - also ejected safely.
Anecdote: "RAF Harrier T4A XZ147/S of 233 OCU. A female cadet was seriously injured after ejecting from a Royal Air Force. Harrier T.4 near Driffield, northern England. Officer Cadet Kate Saunders, 22, suffered a broken leg, broken pelvis, crushed vertebrae, and 20% burns when her parachute descended into the fireball of the crashed Harrier. The pilot Sqn. Ldr. Ashley D. Stevenson of No 1(F) Sqn suffered a broken jaw and landed nearby, then pulled his passenger from fire. Saunders is the first female to eject from an RAF aircraft. Stevenson received both a Queen's Commendation and the Royal Humane Society medal"
Sqn. Ldr. Stevenson had previously ejected on 17th October 1990 from Harrier GR.5 ZD355 (which see)
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19910925_xz147.pdf http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%202618.html http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm http://www.int-birdstrike.org/London_Papers/IBSC23%20WP2.pdf]Serious birdstrike-related accidents to military aircraft of Europe and Israel: list and analysis of circumstances / W. John Richardson (Published in International 8ird Strike Committee Proceedings and Papers 23)[/url]
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jul-2010 11:08 |
harro |
Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
06-Aug-2010 13:09 |
harro |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
15-Aug-2011 22:22 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2015 19:15 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
14-Nov-2017 18:47 |
Possel47 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
14-Nov-2018 15:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
25-Sep-2021 08:58 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location] |
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