ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56577
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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1964 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  English Electric Lightning F1 |
| Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | XM134 |
| MSN: | 95030 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 30 mi E of Happisburgh, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk (CYF/EGLC) |
| RAF Coltishall, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First flown by R.P. Beamont 3-11-59 at Samlesbury. First production Lightning F.Mk.1.To A&AEE Boscombe Down, 31-3-60; to the ADFS, Coltishall, 7-7-60; returned to Warton for development flying, 10-11-60; to 74 Squadron, Coltishall, 2-9-63 as aircraft ‘A’; to 226 OCU, early in 1964.
Crashed into the sea, 30 miles east of Happisburgh, Norfolk, 11-9-64: Starboard undercarriage jammed "up" whilst on final approach to RAF Coltishall. Several abortive attempts made before aircraft flown out to sea. Recovered 30 miles out over the North Sea, Flt Lt. T. Bond ejected at 10,000ft, 250kts. I.A.S. (and later picked up), with aircraft flying straight and level. Remains at Farnborough, by 31-10-64 for accident investigation, and thence to BAC Warton, in May 1966. Total airframe hours 229 hour 15 min.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20150224044937/http://www.lightning.org.uk:80/histf1.html
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1960s
3. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1964.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194245/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1964.htm#sep
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2012 10:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2013 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2013 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 09:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Dec-2020 18:43 | Terry Lightning | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2023 04:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Location, Nature, Narrative]] |
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