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Date: | Thursday 29 November 1984 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
Owner/operator: | 1453 Flt RAF |
Registration: | XZ992 |
MSN: | 712215 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Port Stanley -
Falkland Islands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stanley |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed due to a large sea bird strike, probably a Southern Giant Petrel. while practising an attack on Port Stanley airport.
Pilot - Flt Lt Ian Wilkes - of 1(F)Sqn. ejected at very low level, with insufficient time for the parachute to slow the pilot down, and he suffered serious injuries He was saved from drowning by two airmen who were working nearby and came to his aid in a Gemini dinghy
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20111206134315/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/Harrier.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
Halley, James J (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Aug-2010 13:07 |
harro |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
12-Aug-2011 00:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2012 13:01 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |