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Date: | Wednesday 5 April 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Javelin FAW.9 |
Owner/operator: | 60 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XH787 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAAF Butterworth, Penang -
Malaysia
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAAF Butterworth, Malaya (BWH/MKWB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 5/4/1967: Swung off the runway on landing at Butterworth, Malaysia after one undercarriage leg had failed to lower on approach. Per eyewitness report: “ The pilot called that he had two green lights, so we knew what was going to happen. He made a perfect landing and dropped the port wing at the last minute, on the grass just off the runway”.
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1967.htm 2.
http://www.raf-butterworth-penang-association.co.uk/PDF/Issue23April2009HiRes.pdf 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ukserials.com/image_view.php?a=18202&s=xh787.jpg]
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth#RAAF_Butterworth Media:
Javelin XH787 at Labuan, Borneo in 1966
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Aug-2013 12:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Aug-2013 12:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Country, Narrative] |
04-Aug-2013 13:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Country] |
01-Oct-2013 12:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
14-Nov-2018 15:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |