ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55520
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| Date: | 01-JUN-1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  BAe Harrier II GR.7 |
| Operator: | SAOEU (Strike Attack Operational Evaluation Unit) |
| Registration: | ZG475 |
| C/n / msn: | P65 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Burrow Head, Irish Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down (EGDM) |
No attempt was made to pull out of a decent until the low altitude warning sounded at 100 ft. Full back stick was applied but the aircraft struck the water in the Solway Firth off the Burrow Head peninsula, Dumfries and Galloway, skipped and broke up. It had been on a development flight from Boscombe Down and the pilot, who was the SAOEU commander, was possibly distracted. He did not eject and was killed
Pilot later named as Wing Commander Nicholas John "Nicky" Slater.
Sources:
Flight International 24-30 April 1996
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/HARRIER/harrier.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1995.htm
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1995/nov/28/military-air-crashes
http://www.dreamlandresort.com/black_projects/boscombedown.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2009 07:24 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Aug-2011 01:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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