ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82600
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 31-JUL-1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG1 |
| Operator: | 111 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | XT857 |
| C/n / msn: | 2097 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF stn Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife |
The aircraft was being flown by a recently qualified pilot and overran the end of the runway. It was the beach end of the rwy and the soft sandy soil caused the nose leg to quickly sink until the retraction jack folded in the middle and punched it's way through the roof of the nose gear bay and the floor of the fwd cockpit. The damage was such that it was uneconomical to repair. As far as I know, I'm the only person who photographed the a/c immediately after the incident.
Aircraft officially struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) on 11/03/1986: to ground instructional use as RAF Leuchars as 8913M. Finally scrapped in April 1992
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=833
http://www.thephantomshrine.co.uk/hist.htm
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=4903
http://www.airfighters.com/photo/16171/L/UK-Air-Force/McDonnell-Douglas-F-4-Phantom-FG1-F-4K/XT857/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Dec-2010 11:28 | TwinPin | Updated [Date, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2011 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 16:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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