Incident BAC Jet Provost T4 XP623,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56632
 
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Date:Friday 19 April 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic JPRO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
BAC Jet Provost T4
Owner/operator:2 FTS RAF
Registration: XP623
MSN: PAC/W/16895
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Thrussington, Charnwood, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off 19/4/1963 when failed to recover from an intentional spin, and crashed at Thrussington, Charnwood, Leicestershire. Student pilot (Pilot Officer) Nj.Tillotson ejected safely, suffering slight injuries on landing

Wreckage of XP623 photographed in the Rollasons Hangar at Croydon Airport on 4/5/1963 where it had been recovered by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Unit, pending a move to Farnborough.

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/t4-xp614-to-xp642/
4. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?115312-Rollason-Turbulents-how-many-left&p=1867730#post1867730

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Oct-2011 17:05 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
28-Nov-2011 15:36 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2013 19:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Mar-2019 16:42 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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