ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137419
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Date: | Tuesday 16 December 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Folland Gnat T.1 |
Owner/operator: | CFS (Red Arrows) Aerobatic Display Team RAF |
Registration: | XR992 |
MSN: | FL586 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cirencester, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Kemble (EGBP) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Aircraft abandoned after erroneous call that engine was on fire - fire warning was intended for Gnat T.1 XR995. Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Pilot (Fl Lt Dickie Duckett) was ordered to eject and sustained minor injuries
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20121025182700/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Folland_Gnat.htm 2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1969.htm 3.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?115592-Gnat-XR911-upates_ 4.
http://rafforum.activeboard.com/t48212468/16th-december-1969-two-red-arrow-gnats-crash-in-gloucestersh/?page=1 Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jul-2011 23:42 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
15-Jul-2013 23:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Aug-2015 20:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
02-Aug-2015 20:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator] |
30-Dec-2019 20:41 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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