ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153035
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| Date: | Thursday 9 August 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-111E |
| Owner/operator: | 20th TFW, 77th TFS USAF |
| Registration: | 68-0019 |
| MSN: | A1-188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loch Eye, near Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire (UHF/EGUA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed and destroyed August 9, 1984 whilst using the Tain [Dornoch Firth] bombing range. Bird strike damaged nosecone - aircraft sustained FOD (Foreign Object Damage) when pieces of the bird and the nosecone were sucked into engines. Crashed into a Barley field beside Loch Eye, near Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland
Although the engines were chugging badly, they were still producing thrust. The aircraft was lost because the alpha and beta probes had also been wiped out and the aircraft was porpoising severely at low altitude. The crew wisely elected to get out of it, and ejected
Capsule was used for egress training at Upper Heyford, then was acquired by the 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. It was refurbished to display first class standard by T/Sgt. Mike Kaplan as a FB-111A, using the instruments and fittings from FB-111A 68-0284 (and is painted as such)
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm
2. http://www.f-111.net/t_no_E.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20130105023505/http://www.fb-111a.net:80/FBcapsule.html
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1968.html
5. http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=317&t=67563
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2013 14:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-May-2013 00:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2015 14:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code] |
| 15-Nov-2015 21:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2019 09:44 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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