ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56610
Last updated: 26 May 2013
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| Date: | 30-JUL-1976 |
| Time: | 11:38 local |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F6 |
| Operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XS937 |
| C/n / msn: | 95270 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Flamborough Head, Humberside -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire |
| RAF Leconfield |
ff J. Cockburn 26-6-67 Samlesbury. To 23 Squadron, 21-8-67. To 11 Squadron 1975.
Crashed into the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Humberside after the pilot - F/O Simon Manning -
ejected when he was unable to lower the undercarriage while on approach to Leconfield
Sources:
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/73801-xs937-m-crash.html
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1976.htm
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xs937.html
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1176087/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2012 11:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2013 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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