ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55557
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| Date: | Friday 12 February 1982 |
| Time: | 12:45 UTC |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | 233 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XZ973 |
| MSN: | 712209 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berwyn Hills, 8 miles S of Corwen, Clwyd, North Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wittering (EGXT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft flew through the Dee Valley and then entered a climb. Control was lost in cloud and the aircraft crashed in the Berwyn Hills eight miles south of Corwen, Clwyd.
Aircraft had taken off from RAF Wittering at 11:39am, and was reported overdue/missing at 12:45pm, when it failed to return or answer radio calls. The wreckage of XZ973 (with the pilot's body still inside) was discovered at 11:07 the next day (13 Feb 1982)
The pilot - Lieutenant John MACBETH US Navy - did not eject and was killed
Sources:
1. http://mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5E417B9A-E819-4504-A586-1A08F3D1F206/0/maas82_01_harrier_gr3_xz973_12feb82.pdf
2. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1995/nov/28/military-air-crashes
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harrier_Jump_Jet_family_losses
4. http://www.militaryforums.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15396
5. http://peacetime-casualties.findthebest.com/l/37050/John-Michael-Macbeth
6. http://www.interment.net/data/us/tx/elpaso/ftblinat/ftbliss_maamap.htm
7. Halley, James J (2001). Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-311-0.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2011 23:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2014 16:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
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