Incident BAC Jet Provost T4 XP588,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56620
 
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Date:Thursday 2 May 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic JPRO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
BAC Jet Provost T4
Owner/operator:CFS RAF
Registration: XP588
MSN: PAC/W/15989
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Chedworth, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (EGVL)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off 2/5/1963: Pilot ejected after false fire warning. Aircraft crashed at Chedworth, Gloucestershire. Pilot (Flt. Lt. G. Sturt) ejected at 2,500 feet, 100 knots IAS

Struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) same day

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.jetprovostfile.org/jet-provost-crashes/
4. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t4-xp560-to-xp589/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Oct-2011 17:34 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
28-Nov-2011 16:05 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2013 20:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Nov-2018 16:04 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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