ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55107
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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm |
| Registration: | XK529 |
| MSN: | B3-03-60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Lyme Bay, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Hermes |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into the English Channel 500 yards ahead of HMS Hermes during a catapult launch due to failure of the boundary layer system on take off causing nose-high attitude and stall. The aircraft was taking part in deck trials on HMS Hermes in Lyme Bay, off Dorset. It was deliberately over-trimmed to determine the hands off launch technique but it pitched up and stalled. XK529 fell into the sea and sank nose-down almost immediately
Both crew killed: Crew named as Mr Ozzie Brown and Mr Terry Dunn, both civilian employees of Blackburn Aircraft Ltd
Wreckage recovered to RNAS Lee-on-Solent for accident investigation. After completion of this, removed to RAE Bedford in 1963, and finally scrapped in 1965
Sources:
1. http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/NA39_XK529_files/0_NA39_XK529.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170721225135/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Buccaneer.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
4. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C4849428
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1960-62].htm
6. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=266
7. https://www.pprune.org/741085-post6.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2011 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2013 13:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2013 19:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 17:33 | Route | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 08-Jan-2017 20:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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