17/01/1974 | XP548 | X | Jet Provost T4 | 6 FTS | Damaged beyond repair following a bird strike, location not known. To ground instruction at Brawdy as 8404M |
23/01/1974 | XV797 | H | Harrier GR3 | 4 Sqn | Crashed at Vredepeel, Netherlands after fuel pump failure. The pilot ejected but was killed when his parachute harness failed |
13/02/1974 | XR715 | R | Lightning F3 | 29 Sqn | Crashed at Blyford Green, Suffolk after the pilot ejected following an engine fire |
14/02/1974 | XG161 | 55 | Hunter F6 | 229 OCU | At the conclusion of air combat manoeuvres over the Atlantic Ocean off Harltand Point, North Cornwall the instructor pilot ordered a return to base at Chivenor. However, only three aircraft returned, the fourth, XG161, having crashed into the sea. No emergency transmissions were made and the wreckage of the aircraft and body of the Singaporean trainee pilot were never found |
18/02/1974 | XT477 | HJ | Wessex HU5 | 845 NAS | The pilot became disorientated during a test flight from HMS Hermes after a compressor turbine failure. It crashed into a fjord near Harstad, Norway killing a crew member |
21/03/1974 | XV702 | R-054 | Sea King HAS1 | 824 NAS | Flew into cliffs at night one mile west of Black Head, Coverack near to The Lizard, Cornwall. All four crew were killed |
26/03/1974 | XV785 | F | Harrier GR3 | 4 Sqn | Control was lost during a flapless landing at Wildenrath, West Germany. The pilot attempted to use nozzle braking but the aircraft pitched up. The pilot ejected with the aircraft in a near stalled vertical position but was killed |
11/04/1974 | XW331 | 46 | Jet Provost T5 | 3 FTS | Made a heavy landing at Leeming, North Yorkshire and was declared a write off |
12/04/1974 | XR636 | Scout AH1 | 664 Sqn | Flew into rising ground at Rich Hill near Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland killing the pilot | |
14/04/1974 | XN954 | LM-631 | Buccaneer S1 | Ex 736 NAS | Deliberately pushed off the aft of HMS Ark Royal into the English Channel off Plymouth during the making of a safety film. This was due to the loss of XT269 on 15th February 1972. The footage was shown as part of the Carrier exhibition at Yeovilton FAA museum |
18/04/1974 | XT101 | Sioux AH1 | 652 Sqn | Written off in West Germany and sold for scrap | |
05/1974 | XP772 | Beaver AL1 | 15 Flt/7 Regt | Damaged in Sudan, later declared a write off. Rebuilt as G-BUCJ | |
03/05/1974 | XM991 | T | Lightning T4 | 19 Sqn | Damaged beyond repair in a ground fire at Gutersloh, West Germany. Allocated to ground instruction at Gutersloh as 8456M. Destroyed by fire during June 1975 |
29/05/1974 | XN788 | Lightning F2A | 19/92 Sqns | The undercarriage collapsed under heavy breaking after the brake chute failed to deploy on landing at Gutersloh, West Germany. It was damaged beyond repair and was allocated to decoy duties on the airfield | |
30/05/1974 | XS160 | 548 | Hiller HT2 | 705 NAS | Damaged in a heavy auto-rotation landing at Culdrose, Cornwall. Not repaired and stripped for spares and used for ground instruction at Culdrose. Later rebuilt and sold as G-BDOH in 1976. Became D-HTIM and crashed in Germany on 15th June 1991 |
03/06/1974 | XL456 | LM-761 | Gannett AEW3 | 849 NAS | Suffered control restrictions on a MADDL circuit and crashed at Lossiemouth, Grampian |
07/06/1974 | XG130 | 61 | Hunter FGA9 | 45 Sqn | The pilot lost control of the aircraft after becoming disorientated while in cloud and ejected. The aircraft crashed near to a railway tunnel at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire |
19/06/1974 | XR631 | Scout AH1 | 652 Sqn | Crashed and caught fire following a wire strike at Vogelsang, West Germany during a photographic sortie. The four crew escaped safely | |
24/06/1974 | XR748 | M | Lightning F3 | 111 Sqn | Crashed into the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk after hydraulic failure. The pilot ejected safely |
15/07/1974 | XP138 | PO-654 | Wessex HAS3 | 737 NAS | Crashed into the English Channel off Chisel Bank, Dorset at night shortly after take off from Portland when the engine failed. It rolled over and three on board were killed |
17/07/1974 | WP845 | Chipmunk T10 | Northumbrian UAS | Received minor damage after taxying into an obstruction at St. Athan, Glamorgan. Later declared a write off and allocated to 1329 Sqn ATC at Stroud | |
04/08/1974 | WE981 | Prefect TX1 | 1 GS | Crashed at Spitalgate, Lincolnshire | |
09/08/1974 | XV493 | F | Phantom FGR2 | 41 Sqn | Collided with the crop sprayer over Fordham Fen, near Downham Market, Norfolk and crashed. Both Phantom crew and the Pawnee pilot were killed |
09/08/1974 | G-ASVK | Pawnee | Private | ||
26/08/1974 | XA301 | Cadet TX3 | 615 GS | Dived into the ground at Kenley, Greater London | |
29/08/1974 | XW838 | Lynx WG13 | WHL | Force landed at Yeovil, Somerset after loss of tail rotor drive. The pilot escaped without injury. Caused by torsional fracture of the input drive gear shaft due to inadequate lubrication. Allocated to the AETW at Middle Wallop as TAD009 | |
03/09/1974 | XS162 | 548 | Hiller HT2 | 705 NAS | Suffered a heavy landing in a field at Ruan Manor near Goonhilly, Cornwall. It struck a rock and rolled onto its side. The pilot escaped safely. The wreckage was put onto the dump at Culdrose |
07/09/1974 | XS875 | 047 | Wessex HAS1 | Ark Royal SAR Flt | The engine surged on take off from HMS Ark Royal while operating off northern Scotland. It crashed onto the port waist catapult bridle arrest ramp causing its tail section to break off. The crew escaped safely. Allocated to Brize Norton fire dump |
11/10/1974 | XV431 | Phantom FGR2 | 31 Sqn | Crashed on take off from Bruggen, West Germany when the wings folded after they had been left unlocked. Both crew ejected | |
23/10/1974 | XT163 | Sioux AH1 | 11 Flight | Having dropped off at Jemaluang, Malaysia during a night CASEVAC exercise it struck trees after take off. It crashed and caught fire killing the pilot, who had become disorientated due to his lack of food over the previous 24 hours. It took the rescue team two days to reach the crash site | |
29/10/1974 | XR768 | P | Lightning F6 | 5 Sqn | Crashed into the North Sea off Mablethorpe, Lincs following a reheat fire in No 2 engine. The pilot ejected but the ejection sequence was unsuccessful and he was killed |
01/11/1974 | WZ763 | Grasshopper TX1 | Air Cadets | Written off, no further details | |
01/11/1974 | XX477 | 31 | Jetstream T1 | CFS | Crashed into a playing field on take off from Little Rissington, Gloucestershire after a double engine failure. Both wings were ripped off by trees and the fuselage breached a stone wall. The crew suffered minor injuries. To ground instruction at Finningley as 8462M |
11/11/1974 | XV351 | R-030 | Buccaneer S2D | 809 NAS | Crashed into the mud flats at Wainfleet Ranges, The Wash, Norfolk. Both crew ejected, pilot killed, navigator injured |
14/11/1974 | XW203 | CK | Puma HC1 | 33 Sqn | Crashed onto Beacon Hill near Newbury, Berkshire after loss of control. The crew escaped with minor injuries |
19/11/1974 | XV644 | PO-664 | Sea King HAS1 | 737 NAS | Suffered tail rotor drive failure and ditched into the English Channel 21 miles south of Portland Bill, Dorset. It floated for a while allowing the crew to be rescued but later sank in 34 fathoms. Recovered and allocated to Lee-on-Solent as A2664 |
21/11/1974 | XV441 | Phantom FGR2 | 41 Sqn | Crashed at Lang Hent, Netherlands after a loud bang and an uncontained fire in the port engine on take off from Bruggen, West Germany. Both crew ejected safely | |
22/11/1974 | XX136 | Jaguar T2 | A&AEE | Control was lost and the aircraft entered a spin from which the pilot could not recover Both crew ejected and the aircraft crashed at Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset | |
12/12/1974 | XV667 | TG-145 | Sea King HAS1 | 826 NAS | Approximately 5ft of one of the main blades detached during a night flight off HMS Tiger. It ditched into the Bay of Biscay and the crew escaped before it rolled over and sank in 4,300 meters of water. It was not recovered |