ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56487
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 February 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XN642 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/14149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 mi N of RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire (EGUW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed as the result of engine failure just after take off. Aircraft attempted to make an 180-degree turn for emergency forced landing at RAF Leeming, but came down 2 miles north of the runway
Instructor, Flying Officer W. G. Gambold, ejected between 100 to 200 feet at 120 Knots. I.A.S. and landed with un-deployed parachutes due to low altitude received major injuries.
Student Pilot - Pilot Officer Adrian Keith MacKlen, aged 19 - ejected between 100 to 200 feet at 120 Knots. I.A.S. landed with un-deployed parachutes due to low altitude and was killed. He was interred at St. Andrews Churchyard, Henlow, Bedfrodshire (see photo below)
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194554/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1963.htm
3. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/HenlowStAndrewChurchRAF.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
5. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn629-to-xn643/
6. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/HenlowStAndrewChurchRAF.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2011 14:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2011 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2013 22:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2013 00:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2014 16:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Embed code] |
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