ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55487
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 26-SEP-1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawk T.1A |
| Operator: | 2 TWU / 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XX333 |
| C/n / msn: | 180/312157 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Decimomannu AB, Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Decimomannu AB, Sardinia |
| Decimomannu AB, Sardinia |
Midair collision between RAF Hawks XX333 and XX340 during air combat training over Decimommannu AB, Sardinia, when both pilots lost situational awareness.
Both aircraft carried out a simulated attack on an RAF Phantom without being fully aware of each other's presence. A collision occurred at 11,000 feet; control was lost and all three Hawk pilots ejected.
Crew of Hawk XX333 were later named as Flt. Lt. Piers Applegarth and Flt. Lt. John "Kiwi" Watson. Sole occupant of Hawk XX340 later named as Flt. Lt. Malcolm W. Brown.
Sources:
Flight International 27 Dec. 1986
http://mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1C702ECF-9437-4FD1-82F2-2BF34A0F44D3/0/maas85_08_t1a_xx333_and_xx340_26sept85.pdf
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2009 10:45 | harro | Updated |
| 07-Aug-2011 00:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2012 05:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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