ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55372
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 April 1981 |
| Time: | 12:11 |
| Type: |  SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XX973 |
| MSN: | S.95 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles SW of RAF Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brüggen (ETUR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot lost control of the aircraft during ACT (Air Combat Training) when he was flying at a high angle of attack and encountered the slipstream of one of the other aircraft. XX973 went into an unrecoverable spin.
Pilot S/Ldr. David H. Milne-Smith ejected safely at 7,500 feet, and the aircraft crashed into a field.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20171027114502/http://sg-etuo.de:80/Main/EDUOCrashs
2. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%200082.htm
3. http://mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B5FFFA97-D809-49F5-A95C-D332908B4DEB/0/maas81_05_jaguar_gr1_xx973_14apr81.pdf
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222715/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Jaguar/Jaguar.htm
5. http://www.targetlock.org.uk/jaguar/production_uk.htm
6. http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/publications/aircraftAccidents/Jaguar.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 11:40 | harro | Updated |
| 31-Jul-2011 01:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2013 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2013 00:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2014 16:13 | Route | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 28-Oct-2019 19:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:07 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 11:11 | stehlik49 | Updated [Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2020 13:49 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2024 18:13 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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