Date:	Wednesday 1 July 1987
Time:
Type:	English Electric Lightning F6
Owner/operator:	5 Sqn RAF
Registration:	XR763
MSN:	95228
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Akrotiri -   Cyprus
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
During a live firing run on a towed banner one round struck and broke off a wheel on the banner. The pilot was unable to avoid it and it entered the air intake. This seized the No 1 engine and damaged the No 2. The pilot - Flt. Lt. D. K. M.Chan - ejected during the approach to Akrotiri, Cyprus after the No 2 engine lost power, and the aircraft crashed into a vine yard

http://web.archive.org/web/20160316093553/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.lightning.org.uk/histf3.htm]l
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1987.htm
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1987.htm#jul
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/archive/index.php?t-55169.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Feb-2012 11:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
14-Mar-2012 01:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative]
25-Sep-2012 02:54	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code]