ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140161
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| Date: | Thursday 31 July 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XN590 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/12192 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goole, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
| Elvington, Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Suffered a multiple bird strike during an overshoot at Elvington, North Yorkshire when it flew into part of a flock of 500 racing pigeons that had been released ten miles south of the airfield. The pilot - Flt. Lt. Dennis R.Chapman - ejected at 250 feet and 140 knots IAS, and the aircraft crashed into woods near Goole, Humberside
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194431/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1980.htm
2. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19800731_xn590.pdf
3. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn573-to-xn590/
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1980.htm
5. http://www.aircraft-scrapyards-and-gi-airframes.org.uk/jet-provost/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2011 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Jun-2013 23:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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