ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140106
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 October 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE |
| Registration: | XN463 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/10142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sutton Manderville, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire (EGDM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Awaiting collection at Hunting Aircraft, Luton 27.09.1960. Delivered to C(A) MoS on free loan to A&AEE/Bristol Siddeley for 3 months from 29.09.1960
Written off 26.10.1960: The pilot was unable to increase engine RPM and during the subsequent descent broke cloud at 100 feet. The aircraft struck some trees and crashed at Sutton Manderville, Wiltshire injuring the pilot
Formally struck off charge 17.05.1961, and wreckage transported to Hunting Aircraft at Luton, where scrapped in April 1962
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
2. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn458-to-xn473/
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XN
4. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/jet-provost-crashes/
5. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2011 14:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Jun-2013 13:14 | n | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2013 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2013 11:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2015 22:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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