ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55489
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 January 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawk T.1A |
| Owner/operator: | 2 TWU (63 Sqn) RAF |
| Registration: | XX279 |
| MSN: | 104/312104 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | into Bristol Channel, off Swansea Bay, South Wales, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor (EGDC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into the Bristol Channel off Swansea Bay. The pilot - Flight Lieutenant Guy Benedict Ward - ejected, but he sank on hitting the water and drowned.
The official MoD/RAF Board of Inquiry asserted that Flt Lt Ward was already unconcious before he hit the water: his body was not found, nor recovered. The official cause of the crash - from what little wreckage that was recovered - attributed the blame to an aileron malfunction
Sources:
http://mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/69E8933F-AA48-458A-B3C5-E0CE9A1F4392/0/maas85_13_hawk_t1a_xx279_30jan85.pdf
http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2011 00:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 16:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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