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Date: | Friday 6 May 1966 |
Time: | |
Type: | English Electric Lightning F1A |
Owner/operator: | 226 OCU RAF |
Registration: | XM213 |
MSN: | 95091 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/5/1966: The tail bumper struck the runway during take off from Coltishall, Norfolk. XM213 pitched onto its nose and slid along the runway with the ventral tank on fire. It came to rest just outside the perimeter fence. To the fire dump at Coltishall
Sources:
1.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=83073 [post #8]
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_English_Electric_Lightning#1960s 4.
http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xm213.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Feb-2009 12:09 |
canberra1 |
Updated |
12-Feb-2012 13:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-May-2012 02:04 |
tfosh4 |
Updated |
26-May-2012 02:05 |
harro |
Updated |
07-Sep-2013 06:47 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
04-Dec-2018 09:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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