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Date: | Tuesday 12 September 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Lightning F Mk I |
Owner/operator: | TFF RAF |
Registration: | XM136 |
MSN: | 95032 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lightning XM136 of the Wattisham Target Facilities Flight (TFF RAF) was abandoned on approach to RAF Coltishall after engine power was lost and the tailplane control jammed.13/09/1967
Crashed near RAF Coltishall after reheat fire followed by loss of tailplane control.
Crew:
F/Lt. J. SNEDDON (pilot) RAF- ejected safe
First flown by J.C. Hall 1-12-59 at EE Samlesbury. To the CFE, as ‘E’, 21-6-60; to 74 Squadron, as ‘C’, 15-11-62; to 226 OCU by 30-9-64 as '136'; to Wattisham TFF ‘B’, by 31-8-66.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20150224044937/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf1.html www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm
http://www.iconicaircraft.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1963&start=200
http://web.archive.org/web/20171102103253/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1967.htm#sep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Feb-2012 16:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
16-Feb-2012 17:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
06-May-2013 20:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
29-Apr-2015 14:47 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |