ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55559
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 1417 Flt RAF |
| Registration: | XV807 |
| MSN: | 712057 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 miles S of Georgeville -
 Belize
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ladyville Airport, Belize (BZE) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During recovery from a steep dive following a simulated rocket attack on Army trucks in Belize: the aircraft struck the tops of trees in a flat attitude five miles south of Georgeville and crashed. The subsequent RAF/MoD Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the crash as being due to tailplane linkage disconnected, and control lost
The pilot did not eject and was killed. Pilot later named as Flt Lt John Clark, who was on detachment from 4 Sqn at Gütersloh
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200083.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
3. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/445869-british-aviation-belize-7.htm
4. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19810714_xv807.pdf
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1981.htm
Media:
Harrier XV807 as "07" of the Harrier OCU in 1972
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 11:49 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Aug-2011 23:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2012 13:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2013 02:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2021 17:02 | Mark Richardson | Updated [Cn] |
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