ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56563
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F1 |
| Owner/operator: | English Electric Aviation Company (BAC) |
| Registration: | XG311 |
| MSN: | 95011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ribble River near Lytham St Annes, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Warton Airfield, Lancashire (EGNO) |
| Warton Airfield, Lancashire (EGNO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First flown by Desmond de Villiers 20-10-58 at English Electric, Samlesbury. Retained by English Eelectric for handling and equipment trials until transfer to "A" Squadron A&AEE by early 1960
XG311 was the only development-batch aircraft to retain small fin throughout its life. From Shorts, Belfast, to Khormaksar, Aden for tropical trials 7-61 to 10-61.
Crashed in River Ribble near Warton on 31-7-63, when undercarriage failed to lower on final approach. Pilot, D.M. Knight, ejected safely. Total flights 238, total hours flown 140h 10m.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. http://www.lightning.org.uk/histdb.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194554/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1963.htm
4. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xg311.html
5. http://falkeeinsgreatplanes.blogspot.com/2011/03/english-electric-lightning-author.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1960s
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 November 2009 | ZU-BEX | Thunder City Aircraft Company | 1 | Overberg Air Force Base, Bredasdorp, Western Cape |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2011 20:05 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2011 20:08 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 08-Feb-2012 07:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2013 07:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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