ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55540
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 April 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk 3 |
| Owner/operator: | 233 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XV784 |
| MSN: | 712034 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Badly damaged by fire on the flight line whilst parked at Wittering, Cambridgeshire on 2/4/1986 and was later declared a write off.
Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I): The tail number was changed to 8909M, and the airframe was extensively spares salvaged. The nose section was delivered to DTEO, Boscombe Down where it was crudely patched to be used as a fire training aid at Boscombe Down
Later donated to the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum Airfield. BDAC have removed the crude patching, fitted a representative nose, and refitted the cockpit.
Sources:
1. Flight International 16 May 1987
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1986.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20111206134315/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/Harrier.html
5. http://www.boscombedownaviationcollection.co.uk/Index_files/Page2072.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 02:55 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Aug-2011 00:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2012 12:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 29-May-2013 17:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2023 21:05 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]] |
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