ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55572
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XV746 |
| MSN: | 712009 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bardufoss -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tromsø |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into mountain during exercise "Atlas Express". Crashed into a mountain. Pilot ejected but was killed.
Flight Lieutenant Stephen David WAKELY ejected outside of seat envelope. He was flying a low-level sortie in snow covered terrain and it was concluded an 'in-cockpit' task distracted him. Realising he was too close to rising ground, he ejected, but struck the ground before the seat/parachute sequence was completed.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217162442/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/harrier/harrier.htm
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1976.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2009 11:41 | zerocinquanta | Updated |
| 02-Aug-2011 11:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2013 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2013 00:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 08-Sep-2017 17:40 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2020 08:19 | Stewy | Updated [Country, Departure airport] |
| 04-Nov-2020 08:19 | harro | Updated [Country] |
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