Date:	Thursday 30 August 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Hunting Jet Provost T Mk 1
Owner/operator:	2 FTS RAF
Registration:	XD692
MSN:	PAC/84/010
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Doughton, 8 miles WNW of RAF Hullavington, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Hullavington, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Awaiting Collection at Hunting-Percival Aircraft, Luton 12.10.1955. Delivered to 2 FTS, RAF Hullavington, same day and coded "Q-W". Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20.08.1956: During a routine flying training sortie at 10,000 feet, the pilot throttled back in preparation for a practice forced landing. However, the Jet Provost's Viper jet engine flamed out, and could not be restarted. The aircraft descended through cloud, and broke cloud at 800 feet, at which point a field became visible for an emergency forced landing.

On touch down, the Jet Provost force-landed and hit a wall near Doughton, Tetbury, eight miles West North West of Hullavington, Gloucestershire. Wreckage recovered to Hullavington, where struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) as 7369M. Later scrapped at Hullavington. Both crew uninjured. This appears to be the first Jet Provost write off accident in RAF service.

Crew of Jet Provost XD692:
Flight Sergeant A "Jock" Naismith RAF (QFI Instructor)
Pilot Officer E.P. Kendall RAF (Pupil Pilot under instruction)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 19)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.207
4. http://www.jetprovostheaven.com/jpt1/jpt1survivors.html
5. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?116592-Jet-Provost-T-Mk-1-courses-at-No-2-FTS-Hullavington-1955-1957
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XD

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Nov-2011 19:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Nov-2011 19:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants]
23-Nov-2011 21:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
30-Jan-2015 20:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Dec-2018 13:45	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
25-Jun-2020 18:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2020 19:00	Digger	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]