ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55498
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1982 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  BAe Hawk T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 TWU / 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XX300 |
| MSN: | 132/312125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire (ABB/EGUD) |
| RAF Chivenor (EGDC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed onto the airfield at Chivenor, Devon after the pilot (F/Lt. G.J. RAWLES) ejected following a bird strike at 350 feet while on final approach
The aircraft impacted just short of the runway threshold, but upon arrival of the crash crews there was no sign of the pilot. F/Lt Rawles had ejected safely but had landed in the Taw Estuary. He had inflated his dinghy, climbed into it and was rapidly being taken out to sea on the tide. Luckily, a sharp eyed fireman at the scene spotted his survival light floating past.
Wreckage allocated to Abingdon BDRF with the nose section later being allocated to Valley for ground instruction
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
2. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kelsey.family/1981.htm
3. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1995/nov/28/military-air-crashes
4. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19821020_xx300.pdf
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1982.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2010 13:03 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2011 13:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2012 05:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 01:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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