ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82599
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Date: | Thursday 9 July 1981 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG1 |
Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XT866 |
MSN: | 2526 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars (ADX/EGQL) |
Destination airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Following instrument failure at night it was being led back to Leuchars, Fife. Control was lost short of the runway in the slipstream of the other aircraft. The crew (Sqn. Ldr. R. L. Dixon and Flg. Off. M. R. L. Syndercombe) ejected, and XT866 cartwheeled across the airfield and burnt out
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19810709_xt866.pdf 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194436/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm#jul 3.
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/phantom_leuchars.htm 4.
http://www.thephantomshrine.co.uk/hist.htm Media:
Phantom FG.1 XT866 as "158/VL" of 767 NAS Royal Navy Fleet Air Arim at Yeovilton in 1971
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2010 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
05-Jun-2013 01:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jul-2013 02:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Source, Embed code] |
10-Jul-2023 11:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Cn, Source, Embed code]] |
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