ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156679
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| Date: | Saturday 28 July 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Folland Gnat T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | XR993 |
| MSN: | FL587 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Valley (HLY/EGOV) |
| RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) in an emergency landing at Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire 28/7/1973 following a bird strike. Not repaired, never flew again.
Allocated 11/10/1979 to RNAS Culdrose as Naval Ground Instructional airframe A2677. on 20/2/1987 became N3XR in the USA and crashed on 19th January 1991 at Shreveport, LA, killing both persons on board
NOTE: to confuse matters, Gnat XP534, which became G-BVPP when sold off for civilian use in 1990, currently wears the markings of the Red Arrows, and the fake/incorrect serial XR993
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1973.htm
2. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X16313&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 January 1991 | N3XR | Gnati Inc | 2 | Bossier City, Louisiana |  |
w/o |
| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Media:
XR993 when with the RAF CFS Red Arrows Display Team in 1968
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2013 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Jun-2013 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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