ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82606
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Date: | Monday 20 November 1972 |
Time: | 13:00 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 |
Owner/operator: | 6 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XV477 |
MSN: | 3329 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Scarrowmanwick Fell, 9 miles E of Penrith, Cumbria -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby (QCY/EGXC) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Returning to base after a sortie. Near Penrith, visibility deteriorated and the aircraft carried out the 'low level abort' procedure. XV477 encountered cloud en-route and during the attempt to climb clear, the aircraft struck Scarrowmanwick Fell, 1,800ft above sea level, nine miles east of Penrith, Cumbria. The crew did not attempt to eject and were both killed
Crew later named as (Pilot) Flight-Lieutenant Christopher Maurice HAYNES, 24, single from Scunthorpe, and (Navigator) Flight-Lieutenant Martin SMITH, 26, married, from Preston, Lancashire. Flt-Lt Haynes had been in the RAF for six-years and had previously served on Hunters in Germany and the Middle East. He was due to be married. His father was a prominent Lincolnshire councillor. He had been at Coningsby or 18-months.
Sources:
1.
http://web.archive.org/web/20171019205516/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_Phantom_RAF.htm 2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1972.htm 3.https://acia.co.uk/1972/11/20/phantom-xv477/
4. Biography of Flt-Lt Haynes 'Scunthorpe Telegraph 22.11.72
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2010 11:55 |
ASN archive |
Added |
16-Nov-2011 13:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Apr-2013 13:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
31-Jul-2015 19:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
26-Dec-2023 14:50 |
Paul Allonby |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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