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Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1971 |
Time: | 23:20 |
Type: | English Electric Lightning F Mk 6 |
Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XS902 |
MSN: | C/N 95248 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, 9 miles SE of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lightning F.6 XS902 ("J" of 5 Squadron) crashed 26/5/1971 into the North Sea nine miles South East of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire after the pilot - Flt Lt Ali Mackay ejected safely following a reheat fire. (Other published sources give the crash location as "15 miles north-east of Grimsby, Lincolnshire"). He reportedly ejected from an altitude of 10,000 feet, and was "fished out" of the North Sea by a Whirlwind HAR.10 SAR helicopter from RAF Leconfield. Total Hours flown on airframe: 1,051.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings - Post War Royal Air Force Accidents. Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-290-4.
3.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201937.html 4.
https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/193768-lightning-over-baltic-2.html#post2168407 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1971.htm 6.
http://web.archive.org/web/20150224045018/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf6.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1970s 8.
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xs902.html 9. Yorkshire Air News June 1971:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1971%2006.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2008 11:09 |
harro |
Updated |
12-Mar-2012 18:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Sep-2012 01:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
03-Aug-2015 19:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
03-Aug-2015 20:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
03-Aug-2015 20:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
11-Aug-2015 13:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source] |
15-Mar-2021 17:45 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |