ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55699
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 June 1986 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Panavia Tornado IDS |
| Owner/operator: | TTTE Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 43+24 |
| MSN: | GS007/4024 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Claerwen Dam, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore (EGXJ) |
| RAF Cottesmore(EGXJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into a mountain above the Elan Valley, near the Claerwen Dam, Powys, Wales 17 June 1986 during night terrain following training sortie. Both crew - OLt Peter Kastner (pilot, Luftwaffe) and Sqn Ldr Towl (RAF Navigator) - killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%201447.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
4. http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/utilities/action/act_download.cfm?mediaid=21610
5. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1989/mar/09/accident-statistics
6. http://powysenc.weebly.com/edmund---elan-valley.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2009 06:21 | harro | Updated |
| 29-May-2011 15:54 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 25-Jun-2012 09:07 | TB | Updated [Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2014 18:35 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 28-Jan-2014 07:19 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2014 00:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2015 19:39 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2015 16:31 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2015 11:29 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Oct-2015 18:21 | SCARECROW450 | Updated [Time, Destination airport] |
| 27-Oct-2015 20:23 | SCARECROW450 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2020 17:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2020 14:02 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2022 06:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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