ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55500
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| Date: | Thursday 7 January 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawk T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Bedford |
| Registration: | XX344 |
| MSN: | 193/312168 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAE Bedford, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Thurleigh, Bedford (EGSV) |
| Thurleigh, Bedford (EGSV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Hawk was about to land when, at 20 feet over the threshold, the airplane rolled progressively to the the right. At a bank angle of 90 degrees the pilot ejected. The navigator didn't. The airplane struck the runway, rolled on its back and slid.
It appeared that the Hawk had entered a wing tip vortex of a landing Bristol Britannia plane landing 9000 feet and 45 seconds ahead.
Pilot later named as Flt. Lt. Peter Bennett. The flight test observer in the rear cockpit stayed with the aircraft: It hit the runway inverted and slid for 1,200 feet with the flight test observers bonedome rubbing on the asphalt. His bonedome was so worn away as a result that there was only the inner fabric between his head and the runway left!
The fuselage of the wrecked XX344 went on the dump at RAF Abingdon by 1984 (see below); the wings were sent to BAe Dunsfold for stress testing
Sources:
1. Aviation News Vol. 12 Nr. 25
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20171028222858/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/HAWK/HAWK.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1982.htm
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982
5. https://www.pprune.org/flight-testing/342964-rae-thurleigh.html
6. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?94732-Scarcely-Believable-Survival-Accounts&p=1470531#post1470531
7. http://www.airshowspast.com/raf-abingdon-fire-dump-circa-1984.html
Media:
Wreckage of Hawk T.1 XX344 at RAF Abingdon in May 1991
Raspberry Ripple
Hawk T1 XX344 on Abingdons dump, she crashed at RAE Bedford after flying into a Brittanias Vortex pic.twitter.com/8Qhy7IN9KF
— AvroVulcan617 (@AvroVulcan617) January 5, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2009 11:02 | harro | Updated |
| 13-Aug-2011 00:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 04:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2014 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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