Incident de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.1 XN648,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160549
 
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Date:Monday 31 May 1965
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic svix model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen FAW.1
Owner/operator:766 NAS FAA RN
Registration: XN648
MSN: 10080
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Little Kneeset one mile SSW of Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGVL)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Sea Vixen FAW.1 XN648 (VL-716) of 766 NAS, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm was written off 31/5/1965: Entered a spin at 28,000 feet during a fighter tactics sortie and crashed near Little Kneeset, one mile SSW of Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. The pilot could not recover the aircraft and both crew - Sub/Lt. Cotterill and Sub/Lt. Kenward - ejected safely. The aircraft made a very large crater into an area of boggy ground, and the impact crater can still be seen (as per the picture below)

Sources:

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1965.htm
2. http://www.davebellamy.co.uk/index.php?MF=Views/Photo.php?Ref=26127981314225
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.seavixen.org/history/seavixen-recovery-maintenance/xn648-accident-dartmoor]
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20120622210245/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaVixen.htm
5. XN648 before it crashed: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/seavixenpics/xn648.jpg]

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Sep-2013 19:00 Dr.John Smith Added
16-Sep-2013 19:05 Dr.John Smith Updated [Cn, Narrative]
28-Feb-2014 17:04 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
19-Jun-2015 06:02 Dave Bellamy Updated [Embed code]
28-Dec-2019 21:34 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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