ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56572
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| Date: | Friday 29 October 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XR711 |
| MSN: | 95194 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed at Wattisham, 29/10/71, after dropping onto runway just after take-off, skidded into the barrier, and on fire.
The cause was one of the reheats had been disabled due to a fault, and as it was the last sortie of the day, the aircraft flew with this "Green line" entry in the book. All of the three aircraft in the group took off with reheat at 3 second roll outs. 711 was number 2 in the sequence. The aircraft lifted as normal, and as the speed increased, the u/c started its ascent into the wheel wells. The a/c suddenly sank back on to the runway onto the ventral tank which quickly caught fire, and engaged the Arrestor Barrier at high speed.
F/Lt Steenson (pilot) RAF: uninjured. Aircraft removed to fire dump. Hours flown 1,667hours 25 min. The loss of XR711 was the penultimate operational loss of a Lightning by 111 Squadron with XP738 being the last.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]l
2. http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xr711.html
3. http://www.wattisham.org.uk/wattisham_aviation_accidents.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/images/losses/xr711.jpg
5. http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1051822/
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2012 18:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 14:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2013 04:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2013 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2014 09:46 | Davey Wright | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2020 20:59 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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