ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68289
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC Jet Provost T.3A |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XN473 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/10152 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
| RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire (EGXG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 14/8/1984: The instructor abandoned the takeoff when he noted a large flock of birds ahead. He elected to land rather than fly through them. The heavy landing burst both main wheel tyres and collapsed the nose wheel leg; the aircraft slid off the runway at RAF Cranwell.
Aircraft written off/damaged beyond repair: cockpit section struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) and allocated 14/11/1984 to Ground instructional airframe 8826M at Church Fenton
Sources:
1. Aviation News 26 July - 8 August 1985
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19840815_xn473.pdf
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985
4. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn458-to-xn473/
5. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/jet-provost-crashes/
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1984.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2009 10:30 | harro | Added |
| 06-Aug-2010 13:05 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Nov-2011 14:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2011 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 09-Apr-2012 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 08-Sep-2012 13:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 28-Oct-2014 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2015 21:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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