English Electric Lightning  interceptor fighter aircraft  First flight: 1954  2 Jet engines

113 occurrences in the ASN safety database
26 fatalities

acc. date	type	reg.	operator	fat.	location		dmg
1 Oct 1959	English Electric Lightning T4	XL628	English Electric Co	0	off Garlieston, Wigton Bay, Dumfriesshire		w/o
5 Mar 1960	English Electric Lightning F1	XG334	AFDS RAF	0	Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, England		w/o
2 Sep 1960	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM170	BAC (British Aircraft Corporation)	0	Warton, Lancashire		w/o
16 Dec 1960	English Electric Lightning F1	XM138	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England		w/o
28 Jun 1961	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM185	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	1 mile North of Lavenham, Suffolk		w/o
13 Sep 1962	English Electric Lightning F1	XG332	BAC (British Aircraft Corporation)	0	near Hatfield, Hertfordshire		w/o
12 Dec 1962	English Electric Lightning T Mk 4	XM993	LCS RAF	0	RAF Middleton St George, County Durham, England		w/o
26 Apr 1963	English Electric Lightning F Mk I	XM142	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	0	off Cromer, Norfolk, England		w/o
6 Jun 1963	English Electric Lightning F Mk 1A	XM179	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	0	Great Bricett, near RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England		w/o
18 Jul 1963	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM186	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	1	RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England		w/o
31 Jul 1963	English Electric Lightning F1	XG311	English Electric Aviation Company (BAC)	0	Ribble River near Lytham St Annes, Lancashire		w/o
19 Nov 1963	English Electric Lightning F Mk 1A	XM187	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England		w/o
25 Mar 1964	English Electric Lightning F2	XN723	C(A) MoA/Rolls-Royce	0	Keyham, Leicestershire		w/o
27 Apr 1964	English Electric Lightning F Mk 2	XN785	92 (East India) Sqn RAF	1	Disused airfield, Hutton Cranswick, Humberside.		w/o
9 Jun 1964	English Electric Lightning F Mk 1A	XM191	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England		w/o
28 Aug 1964	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XP704	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	1	RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland		w/o
11 Sep 1964	English Electric Lightning F1	XM134	226 OCU RAF	0	North Sea, 30 mi E of Happisburgh, Norfolk		w/o
11 Jan 1965	English Electric Lightning F1/3	XG335	A&AEE	0	Larkhill Ranges, near Woodborough, Wiltshire		w/o
26 Jun 1965	English Electric Lightning F3	XR712	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	Watergate Bay, St. Mawgan, Cornwall		w/o
22 Jul 1965	English Electric Lightning T4.	XM966	BAC (British Aircraft Corporation)	0	Irish Sea, 12 miles off St Bees Head, Cumbria		w/o
29 Sep 1965	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XP739	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	Battisford Hall, 3 miles NE of RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England		w/o
5 Jan 1966	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XR721	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	1	B1079 road at Elm Farm, Helmingham, 11 miles E of Wattisham, Suffolk		w/o
15 Mar 1966	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM190	226 OCU RAF	1	North Sea off the coast of Cromer, Norfolk		w/o
6 May 1966	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM213	226 OCU RAF	0	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England		w/o
27 Jun 1966	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XR714	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Akrotiri		w/o
1 Jul 1966	English Electric Lightning T5	XS453	226 OCU RAF	0	5 miles E of Happisburgh, Norfolk, England		w/o
22 Jul 1966	English Electric Lightning F1	XM135	33 MU RAF	0	RAF Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England		min
24 Aug 1966	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XP760	23 Sqn RAF	0	into North Sea, 35 miles off Seahouses, Northumberland		w/o
20 Sep 1966	BAC Lightning F52	52-657	Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force	0	Khamis Mushayt		w/o
2 Jan 1967	English Electric Lightning T4	XM971	226 OCU RAF	0	Tunstead, 2 miles east of RAF Coltishall, Norfolk. England		w/o
3 Mar 1967	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XP699	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	0	Finchingfield, 2 miles north of Wethersfield, Essex, England		w/o
7 Mar 1967	English Electric Lightning T55	55-710	BAC (British Aircraft Corporation)	0	Warton, Lancashire		w/o
17 Apr 1967	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM184	226 OCU RAF	0	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England		w/o
7 Sep 1967	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XR766	23 Sqn RAF	0	51 miles ENE of RAF Montrose, Scotland		w/o
12 Sep 1967	English Electric Lightning F Mk I	XM136	TFF RAF	0	near RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England		w/o
24 Jan 1968	English Electric Lightning F6	XS900	5 Sqn RAF	0	Inchbrook Farm near Milltown, Grampian		w/o
29 Apr 1968	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XS924	5 Sqn RAF	1	Beelsby Farm, 4 miles NNE of RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England		w/o
21 Jun 1968	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM188	226 OCU RAF	0	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England		w/o
4 Sep 1968	English Electric Lightning F53	53-690	BAC (British Aircraft Corporation)	0	Bradshaw Lane, Pilling, Fylde, near Lancaster, Lancashire		w/o
12 Sep 1968	English Electric Lightning F6	XS896	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	1	near RAF Tengah		w/o
14 Sep 1968	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XS925	5 Sqn RAF	0	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England		sub
29 Nov 1968	BAC Lightning F52	52-658	Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force	1	Khamis Mushayt		w/o
29 Nov 1968	English Electric Lightning F1A	XM174	Leuchars Target Facilities Flt RAF	0	Ballmullo Quarry, near Leuchars, Fife.		w/o
22 Sep 1969	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XS926	5 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea, 60 miles E of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire		w/o
5 Mar 1970	English Electric Lightning F6	XS918	11 Sqn RAF	1	North Sea, W of The Bell Rock, 9 mi E of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland		w/o
2 May 1970	English Electric Lightning F52	52-612	6 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF (RSAF)	0	near Khamis Mushayt		w/o
3 May 1970	BAC Lightning F53	53-697	Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force	1	Yemeni/Saudi Arabian border area		w/o
7 May 1970	English Electric Lightning F Mk3	XP742	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	North Sea E of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk		w/o
26 May 1970	English Electric Lightning F6	XR767	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	1	Straits of Malacca. 50 miles NW of RAF Tengah		w/o
27 Jul 1970	English Electric Lightning F6	XS930	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	1+2	Chua Chu Kang Farm, near RAF Tengah		w/o
12 Aug 1970	English Electric Lightning F6	XS893	74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	0	into sea near RAF Tengah		w/o
8 Sep 1970	English Electric Lightning F6	XS894	5 Sqn RAF	1	North Sea, 5 miles North of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire		w/o
19 Sep 1970	English Electric Lightning T4	XM990	226 OCU RAF	0	Little Plumstead, near South Walsham, Norfolk, England		w/o
25 Jan 1971	English Electric Lightning F3	XP756	29 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk		w/o
28 Jan 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A	XN772	92 (East India) Sqn RAF	0	near Diepholz		w/o
10 Apr 1971	BAC Lightning F53	53-414	Kuwait Air Force	1+3	Shanty Town near Al Mubarak Air Base, Farwaniyah		w/o
28 Apr 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XS938	23 Sqn RAF	0	Firth of Tay, 12 miles E of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland		w/o
10 May 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk.3	XP744	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	0	Mediterranean Sea, 8 miles SE of Cyprus		w/o
20 May 1971	English Electric Lightning F3	XP752	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	Colmar, Haut-Rhin 68		w/o
26 May 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XS902	5 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea, 9 miles SE of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire		w/o
8 Jul 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk.3	XP705	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	0	35 miles from Akrotiri		w/o
2 Aug 1971	BAC Lightning F53	53-419	Kuwait Air Force	0	Rezayat		w/o
22 Sep 1971	English Electric Lightning F3	XP736	29 Sqn RAF	1	North Sea, 30 miles off Lowestoft, Suffolk		w/o
30 Sep 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XR764	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	0	Limasol Bay, 35 miles east of RAF Akrotiri		w/o
29 Oct 1971	English Electric Lightning F Mk 3	XR711	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England		w/o
6 Feb 1972	English Electric Lightning F53	53-666	6 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF (RSAF)	0	Tabuk		w/o
16 Feb 1972	English Electric Lightning F3	XP698	29 Sqn RAF	1	North Sea, 60 miles east of Harwich, Essex		w/o
16 Feb 1972	English Electric Lightning F3	XP747	29 Sqn RAF	0+1	North Sea, 60 miles east of Harwich, Essex		w/o
7 Aug 1972	English Electric Lightning F3	XP700	29 Sqn RAF	0	Great Waldingfield, near Sudbury, Suffolk		w/o
6 Sep 1972	English Electric Lightning T Mk.5	XS455	5 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea, 10 miles N of Spurn Head, Humberside.		w/o
28 Sep 1972	BAC Lightning F53	53-674	2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	1	off coast of Bahrain		w/o
14 Dec 1972	English Electric Lightning T4	XM974	226 OCU RAF	0	North Sea, off Happisburgh, Norfolk		w/o
3 Apr 1973	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XS934	56 (Punjab) Sqn RAF	0	2 miles off RAF Akrotiri		w/o
5 Jun 1973	English Electric Lightning T4	XM988	226 OCU (65 Sqn) RAF	0	North Sea, 23 miles NE of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk		w/o
10 Dec 1973	English Electric Lightning F3	XP738	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England		w/o
13 Feb 1974	English Electric Lightning F3	XR715	29 Sqn RAF	0	Watermill Farm, Wenhaston, Blyford Green, Southwold, Suffolk		w/o
31 Mar 1974	English Electric Lightning T5	XV329	ex.- 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Leconfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England		w/o
3 May 1974	English Electric Lightning T Mk 4	XM991	19 Sqn RAF	0	RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia		w/o
21 May 1974	BAC Lightning T55	55-712	6 Sqn RSAAF	2	Half Moon Bay, near Khobar City, Eastern Province		w/o
24 Jun 1974	English Electric Lightning F3	XR748	111 (Treble One) Sqn RAF	0	North Sea, 5 miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England		w/o
29 Oct 1974	English Electric Lightning F6	XR768	5 Sqn RAF	0	13 miles East of Saltfleet, off Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire		w/o
7 Apr 1975	English Electric Lightning F6	XR762	11 Sqn RAF	1	Mediterranean Sea, off Akrotiri		w/o
30 Jun 1975	BAC Lightning F53	53-420	Kuwait Air Force	1	near Al Mubarak Air Base		w/o
5 Sep 1975	English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A	XN775	92 (East India) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia		w/o
29 Sep 1975	English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A	XN780	92 (East India) Sqn RAF	0	RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia		w/o
30 Jul 1976	English Electric Lightning F6	XS937	11 Sqn RAF	0	off Flamborough Head, Humberside		w/o
4 Aug 1976	English Electric Lightning F Mk 2A	XN786	19 Sqn RAF	0	RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia		w/o
11 Sep 1976	BAC Lightning F53	53-694	Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force	0	Khamis Mushayt		w/o
24 Feb 1977	English Electric Lightning T.4	XM968	92 (East India) Sqn RAF	0	near RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia		w/o
21 Apr 1979	BAC Lightning F53	53-669	Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force	0	near Tabuk		w/o
21 Apr 1979	BAC Lightning F53	53-678	2 Sqn RSAAF				w/o
25 May 1979	English Electric Lightning F6	XS931	5 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea off Hornsea, Humberside		w/o
17 Aug 1979	English Electric Lightning F3	XP737	11 Sqn RAF	0	Irish Sea off Anglesey		w/o
18 Sep 1979	English Electric Lightning F Mk 6	XR723	5 Sqn RAF	0	15 miles of RAF Akrotiri		w/o
30 Jun 1980	BAC Lightning F53	53-684	13 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	0	Dhahran		w/o
22 Sep 1980	BAC Lightning F53	53-673	2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	0	Khamis Mushayt		w/o
22 Sep 1980	BAC Lightning F53	53-680	6 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF (RSAF)	0	Khamis Mushayt		w/o
23 Jul 1981	English Electric Lightning F6	XR765	5 Sqn RAF	0	North Sea, 30 miles E of Spurn Head, Humberside		w/o
28 Sep 1981	BAC Lightning F53	53-695	2 Sqn Royal Saudi Arabian AF	1	Tabuk		w/o
26 Aug 1983	English Electric Lightning F3	XP753	Lightning Trg Flt RAF	1	Into the North Sea, North Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire		w/o