ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144334
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| Date: | Thursday 22 October 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T.3A |
| Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XM366 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/6199 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
| Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stalled while making an emergency landing at Holme on Spalding Moor, Humberside after engine failure. Approach speed was too low and the pilot - Pilot Officer P. B. Smith - ejected safely, short of the runway. Engine failure caused by tiny particles of solid matter in the fuel system. This had interfered with the control of the high pressure fuel pump
On 01/11/1981, formally struck off charge as CAT 5(Scrap) and scrapped
Sources:
1. http://www.rafchurchfenton.org.uk/Photos/jas1444.jpg
2. nhttp://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/year_pages/1981.htm
3. www.ukserials.com/losses-1981.htm
4. http://jetprovostfile.org/t3-xm346-to-xm387/
5. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=144-pa1716_3-2&cid=1-1-56#1-1-56
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2012 16:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Jun-2013 23:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2018 18:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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