ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56645
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 July 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAC Jet Provost T4 |
| Owner/operator: | College of Air Warfare RAF |
| Registration: | XP625 |
| MSN: | PAC/W/16897 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Frodingham, 5.5 miles SE of Driffield, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manby |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 27//7/1966: sustained bird strike at 250 feet and crashed at North Frodingham, 5.5 miles south east of Driffield, North Yorkshire. Pilot - Flt. Lt. R. B. Myles (flying solo) - ejected safely
Wreckage recovered by - and to - 60 MU RAF Leconfield, where struck off charge as Cat.5(s) and scrapped 29/7/1966
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170123023002/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/project/year_pages/1966jul-sep.htm
3. Serious birdstrike-related accidents to military aircraft of Europe and Israel: list and analysis of circumstances / W. John Richardson (Published in International 8ird Strike Committee Proceedings and Papers 23)
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manby
5. http://www.jetprovostfile.org/t4-xp614-to-xp642/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Frodingham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2010 12:49 | harro | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2011 04:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2011 04:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 10-Sep-2013 07:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2019 22:15 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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