ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56617
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| Date: | Monday 15 June 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Jet Provost T3 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College |
| Registration: | XN580 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/12181 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Following fire warning and cockpit filling with smoke, aircraft crashed at RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire. The crash happened when the crops were high which complicated recovery of the wings until harvest time.
The aircraft was on an air test when it declared an on board fire. The crew abandoned the aircraft which consequently conducted some unmanned high-G manoeuvres causing the wings to break off.
The fuselage screamed across RAF Digby camp and just cleared the roof of Number 2 Hangar which was housing Ground Radio and Aerial Section. It crashed into the fields just outside the camp boundary.
A Sam Armstrong and another aerial erector were on the hangar roof fixing some aerials for GRSF at the time of the crash and had to return to their rooms and change their underwear.
As is the case today, fire cover at Digby was rather limited, so they and others from Cranwell, Waddington and the local Lincoln civil fire service attended.
Apparently the total claims against the RAF by the local farmers were larger than to be expected as the Cranwell and Waddington crews could see the smoke from the crash site but not being familiar with local roads and paths just drove straight for it across all the fields, through fences etc leaving further trails of damage
Both crew - pilot Fl. Lt. G. A. Etches and student Fl. Lt. Denham - ejected safely at 13,000ft. at 120 kts. I.A.S.
Remains of XN580 sent to the AIB at Farnborough for investigation, then to 71 MU Bicester (photographed there 6/2/1965) and scrapped in 1965
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194245/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1964.htm
2. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digby_crash_19640615.htm
3. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1960s.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1964.htm
5. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t3-xn573-to-xn590/
6. http://www.aircraft-scrapyards-and-gi-airframes.org.uk/jet-provost/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2011 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2011 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 01-Oct-2013 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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