06/01/1976 |
XV133 |
|
Scout
AH1 |
662
Sqn |
Crashed
near Crossmaglen, Armagh, Northern Ireland after the pilot became
disorientated at night after flying into low cloud. Both crew were killed |
16/01/1976 |
XT758 |
B-VB |
Wessex
HU5 |
848
NAS |
Suffered a control failure when 5ft above the deck of HMS Bulwark. It moved 50ft off the starboard bow and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 780 miles off the Azores. The crew escaped safely. It sank while being
recovered |
19/01/1976 |
XV745 |
27 |
Harrier
GR3 |
233
OCU |
Four
Harriers were attacking a target from different directions near Wardle,
Nantwich, Cheshire. The two
failed to maintain separation and collided as they crossed over. Both
pilots were killed |
19/01/1976 |
XV754 |
7 |
Harrier
GR3 |
233
OCU |
22/01/1976 |
XL579 |
9 |
Hunter
T7 |
ETPS |
Crashed
at Winterborne Gunner after total engine failure while on the downwind leg
to land at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire due to foreign object ingestion. Both
crew ejected but received major injuries |
06/02/1976 |
XX137 |
A |
Jaguar
T2 |
226
OCU |
Crashed
into Moray Firth four miles off Milltown after both crew ejected following
a fuel leak. Allocated to the P&EE at Shoeburyness |
13/02/1976 |
XS211 |
72 |
Jet
Provost T4 |
3
FTS |
Crashed
after the crew ejected following engine failure due to fuel starvation
during an overshoot at Leeming, Yorkshire |
16/02/1976 |
XP531 |
6 |
Gnat
T1 |
CFS/Red
Arrows |
Hit
cables during an emergency landing at Kemble, Gloucestershire. The front
fuselage was mated with the rear fuselage of XR537 and allocated to the
CSDE at Swanton Morley |
03/03/1976 |
XV166 |
FF |
Buccaneer
S2B |
15
Sqn |
Stalled
and crashed while on approach to Honington, Suffolk. Both crew ejected
safely |
12/03/1976 |
XV746 |
8 |
Harrier
GR3 |
1
Sqn |
Crashed
into a mountain at Bardufoss, Norway during exercise 'Atlas Express'. The
pilot ejected but was killed |
19/03/1976 |
XS678 |
|
Wessex
HC2 |
ETPS |
The
pilot failed to arrest the high rate of descent during the transition from
rearward to forward flight after hovering in a tail wind. It struck upward
sloping ground in a field adjacent to Boscombe Down village and both crew
received major injuries. The front fuselage went to Australia for engine
development studies
|
31/03/1976 |
XV669 |
BL-410 |
Sea
King HAS1 |
820
NAS |
Whilst in the hover and sonar dunking in the English Channel off HMS
Blake and 18 miles south of Portland Bill, Dorset the main rotor blade balance weights detached. Control was lost due to severe vibration and it
ditched, rolled over and sank in 210ft of water. The crew were rescued by a Sea King. Allocated to ground instruction as A2659 and later named Mr
Walter ‘Mechanical Radio Weapons And Electrical Training Engineering Rig’ |
21/04/1976 |
XG185 |
74 |
Hunter
F6 |
4
FTS |
The
pilot ejected after a fire in the port wing root. It crashed into shallow
water at Maltreath Sands, Southern Anglesey, Gwynedd |
27/04/1976 |
XP300 |
S |
Whirlwind
HAR10 |
2
FTS |
Badly
damaged, possibly at Ternhill, Shropshire and was later declared a write
off. To the fire dump at Portland |
27/04/1976 |
XR105 |
|
Argosy
C1 |
ETPS |
During
a practice two engine approach to Boscombe Down, Wiltshire and during
corrective action by the instructor the student slammed open the throttles
to the two live engines. The aircraft rolled inverted and crashed onto the
airfield killing two of the occupants and severely injuring the third |
30/04/1976 |
XP536 |
27 |
Gnat
T1 |
4
FTS |
The
two Gnats were part of a larger formation to mark the retirement of a
squadron commander at Valley.
One of the crew reported a Phantom aircraft nearby and one of the Gnats
struck the underside of the other while the crew were looking for it. They
crashed into the ground locked together at Dolgellau, Gwynedd killing the
four crew |
30/04/1976 |
XR983 |
53 |
Gnat
T1 |
4
FTS |
04/05/1976 |
XJ635 |
I |
Hunter
FGA9 |
1
TWU |
Dived
into the ground at Aberystwyth, Powys after loss of control in cloud. The
pilot was killed |
25/05/1976 |
XW900 |
O |
Gazelle
AH1 |
660
Sqn |
Crashed into a corn field approximately one mile south of its airfield at Soest, West Germany after the pilot became disorientated during Night Vision Goggle Trials. Allocated to Middle Wallop as TAD900 |
03/06/1976 |
XX703 |
02 |
Bulldog
T1 |
E/Lowlands
UAS |
Force-landed
at Glenrothes, Fife after suffering an engine failure |
13/06/1976 |
XP357 |
|
Whirlwind
HAR10 |
22
Sqn |
Written
off in a forced landing on Newgale Beach, Brawdy, Dyfed. Allocated to
ground instruction at Manston, Kent as 8499M |
24/06/1976 |
XS111 |
|
Gnat
T1 |
CFS/Red
Arrows |
The
undercarriage collapsed when the aircraft ran into the overrun area after
the brakes failed on landing at Kemble, Gloucestershire |
02/07/1976 |
XX822 |
AA |
Jaguar
GR1 |
14
Sqn |
Flew
into the ground fifteen miles north of Ahlhorn, West Germany during air to
ground firing practice. The pilot was killed |
06/07/1976 |
XW770 |
J |
Harrier
GR3 |
3
Sqn |
The
pilot ejected five miles NW of Cloppenburg near Borken, West Germany
following severe vibration caused by engine compressor blade failure |
22/07/1976 |
XX618 |
A |
Bulldog
T1 |
Yorkshire
UAS |
The
crew abandoned the aircraft after loss of control in a spin. It crashed
onto the beach at Birkdale near Woodvale, Lancashire. Another Bulldog,
XX623, landed alongside XX618 but turned over in the soft sand. It was
rebuilt but due to structural damage sustained in the landing it was not
allowed to perform aerobatics. It was allocated to East Midlands UAS and
suffered further damage during a forced landing on 26th July 1995 |
23/07/1976 |
XV417 |
I |
Phantom
FGR2 |
29
Sqn |
During
ACT with two Dutch F-104’s over the North Sea the starboard wing tip
folded when pulling 5G. The crew ejected and the aircraft crashed into the
sea off Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. Caused by a loose outer wing securing
bolt |
30/07/1976 |
XS937 |
K |
Lightning
F6 |
11
Sqn |
Crashed
into the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Humberside after the pilot
ejected when he was unable to lower the undercarriage while on approach to
Leconfield |
02/08/1976 |
XT115 |
|
Sioux
AH1 |
664
Sqn |
While
attempting to find a suitable landing spot on uneven hills in Belize, the
rear of the starboard skid became wedged against a boulder. As the pilot
applied power the nose rose and the aircraft began to rock. It then struck
the ground heavily and caught fire. Both crew escaped safely |
04/08/1976 |
XN786 |
M |
Lightning
F2A |
19
Sqn |
Suffered
a ground fire at Gutersloh, West Germany. To 8500M as an airfield decoy at
Gutersloh |
16/08/1976 |
XG191 |
24 |
Hunter
F6A |
TWU |
Crashed
into St. Georges Bay 30 miles SW of Brawdy, Dyfed after loss of control.
The pilot was killed |
26/08/1976 |
XS544 |
456 |
Wasp
HAS1 |
829
NAS |
Failed to recover from a wingover manoeuvre during a flying display for the crew of HMS
Yarmouth and their families. It crashed into the Firth of Forth near the Forth Bridge
somersaulted and sank. One of the two crew were injured. It was recovered and sent to the
AIU at Lee-on-Solent |
28/08/1976 |
XW230 |
DM |
Puma
HC1 |
1563
Flt |
Crashed into the Toledo Forest, Belize after engine failure on take off from Salamanca and was destroyed. All eight on board were killed |
03/09/1976 |
XJ764 |
|
Whirlwind
HAR10 |
84
Sqn |
Declared
a write off following an accident in Cyprus. Allocated to the dump at
Akrotiri |
15/09/1976 |
XX735 |
|
Jaguar
GR1 |
6
Sqn |
Crashed
at Eggebeck, West Germany during exercise 'Teamwork 76' after loss of
control while climbing out from a bomb toss manoeuvre due to the selection
of airbrakes instead of slats. The pilot was killed |
17/09/1976 |
XX120 |
|
Jaguar
GR1 |
54
Sqn |
Crashed
into the Kattegat, off the Samsoe Islands, Denmark during exercise
'Teamwork 76' after possible loss of control while in cloud. The pilot was
killed |
21/09/1976 |
WT772 |
VL-875 |
Hunter
T8C |
FRADU |
Suffered engine failure shortly after take off from Yeovilton, Somerset. Both crew ejected and it crashed near Vale Farm between Babcary and Sparkford. The pilot was accompanied by a ship’s captain who was there to experience a fast jet flight |
29/09/1976 |
XL513 |
|
Victor
K2 |
55
Sqn |
Overran
the runway at Marham, Norfolk after the pilot abandoned take off following
a bird strike |
08/10/1976 |
XR996 |
66 |
Gnat
T1 |
4
FTS |
Crashed
while on approach to Shawbury, Shropshire. Both crew were killed |
11/10/1976 |
XS884 |
CU-522 |
Wessex
HAS1 |
771
NAS |
Whilst on a return flight from Aberporth and at
5,000ft the engine began to vibrate and exploded causing a fire. It ditched into the Atlantic Ocean off Camel Estuary, north Cornwall. It sank but the crew were able to escape
safely |
25/10/1976 |
XJ636 |
N |
Hunter
FGA9 |
TWU |
Crashed
one mile west of Mathry, Dyfed after the pilot ejected due to engine
failure |
29/10/1976 |
XW531 |
|
Buccaneer
S2B |
12
Sqn |
Crashed
into the Norwegian Sea, off Bodo, Norway after loss of control |
13/12/1976 |
XM844 |
DV-404 |
Wessex
HAS3 |
737
NAS |
While off the Isles of Scilly a night take was attempted from HMS Devonshire with the tail section still lashed to the ship. This ripped off the tail wheel causing the tail rotor to strike the Sea Slug missile launcher. It then fell over the starboard side of the ship and sank. One crew member was
killed |
14/12/1976 |
XZ102 |
H |
Jaguar
GR1 |
2
Sqn |
Immediately
after take off from Laarbruch, West Germany for a test flight the pilot
had difficulty controlling the aircraft. He managed to climb to 800ft but
it entered an uncontrollable roll forcing him to eject. It crashed ten
miles NE of the base. The tailplane powered control units had not been
reconnected following the refitting of No2 engine |