| 04/01/1984 | XZ681 | Lynx AH1 | Garrison Air Sqn | Flew into the sea off West Falkland after diverting round the coast due to bad weather. The main rotors struck the cabin killing the two crew | |
| 17/01/1984 | XX915 | 15 | Jaguar T2 | ETPS | No 2 engine ignited fuel leaking from the failed No 1 engine during an emergency landing at Boscombe Down. The pilot ejected and landed on the Chemical Defence Research Establishment at Porton Down. The aircraft crashed onto open farm land |
| 06/02/1984 | ZA451 | ED | Tornado GR1 | 15 Sqn | The right hand underwing fuel tank was struck by lightning during a night sortie. The pilot was unable to release the tank due to the release switch being set at ‘safe’ Before he could re-select it he saw a yellow glow and it was considered that the aircraft was in immediate danger of exploding and so both crew ejected. The aircraft crashed near Jever, West Germany. The glow had been from a fire in the underwing tank and releasing it would have saved the aircraft |
| 07/02/1984 | XX750 | AL | Jaguar GR1 | 14 Sqn | Crashed inverted onto the Nellis Range, Nevada, USA during a Red Flag exercise after loss of control while taking avoiding action after being picked up on ground radar. The USAF pilot made no attempt to eject and was killed |
| 16/03/1984 | XZ496 | 126 | Sea Harrier FRS1 | 800 NAS | Crashed into the sea off Norway after engine failure whilst on approach to HMS Illustrious. The pilot ejected safely |
| 21/03/1984 | XX251 | Hawk T1 | Red Arrows | Hit the ground during a practice opposition loop manoeuvre by the synchro pair at Akrotiri, Cyprus. The impact forced the ejection seat through the canopy and deployed the chute, dragging the pilot out. The aircraft broke up and caught fire. The pilot left the Red Arrows for other duties | |
| 13/04/1984 | XT794 | 325 | Wasp HAS1 | 829 NAS HMS Herald Flt | Lost power, ditched in the South Atlantic and sank two miles north east of English Bay off the Ascension Islands. after. The two crew were rescued. It was not recovered |
| 11/05/1984 | XN641 | 47 | Jet Provost T3A | 1 FTS | Damaged when it collided with the runway barrier on landing at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire. Allocated to 8865M on Newton fire dump |
| 20/05/1984 | XZ430 | DS | Buccaneer S2B | 208 Sqn | While leading five other aircraft on a simulated low level attack it pulled up for a bomb toss release and entered cloud. It was not seen again and had crashed into the North Sea 20 mile NE of Fraserburgh, Grampian killing both crew. The wreck was found five weeks later |
| 03/06/1984 | XZ135 | P | Harrier GR3 | 4 Sqn | The engine caught fire due to a disintegrating water pump which severed fuel and hydraulic lines during a display at Aschaffenburg, West Germany. The pilot ejected during an emergency landing after the nose wheel collapsed. The ejection seat struck and killed a spectator. To Abingdon as 8848M |
| 03/06/1984 | XV257 | 57 | Nimrod MR2 | St. Mawgan MR Wing | Caught fire shortly after take off from St. Mawgan, Cornwall after a reconnaissance flare detached in the bomb bay and ignited. The pilot made a safe emergency landing back at St. Mawgan but the aircraft was badly damaged by the fire. All the crew escaped safely |
| 22/06/1984 | ZA770 | B | Gazelle AH1 | BATUS | Flew into high ground at night near Suffield, Alberta, Canada. One crew member was killed |
| 05/07/1984 | XW315 | 50 | Jet Provost T5A | CFS | Made an emergency landing at Leeming, Yorkshire after an inflight fire. Allocated to Abingdon BDRF |
| 08/07/1984 | WT909 | Cadet TX3 | 626 VGS | Written off in a heavy landing at Predannack, Cornwall. Sold and became PH-797 in the Netherlands | |
| 12/07/1984 | ZA408 | Tornado GR1 | TWCU | ATC warned the Jaguar formation about the Tornado. No2 in the formation spotted the aircraft and transmitted his position to the rest of the group, unfortunately on the wrong frequency. The pilot of XZ393 saw the ZA408 directly ahead of him and both aircraft collided over Cromer, Norfolk. The Jaguar crashed into the North Sea while the Tornado crashed near Hempstead, Norfolk. All three crew ejected safely | |
| 12/07/1984 | XZ393 | GK | Jaguar GR1 | 54 Sqn | |
| 13/07/1984 | XS920 | AF | Lightning F6 | 5 Sqn | Hit power lines during ACT with a USAF A-10A and crashed five miles east of Bremen, West Germany. The pilot was killed |
| 18/07/1984 | ZA494 | 15 | Tornado GR1 | 27 Sqn | While on approach to Goose Bay, Canada control was lost due to flap failure. The pilot selected full re-heat but when it became obvious that the aircraft would strike the runway the crew ejected. The aircraft hit the runway, bounced and crashed inverted into woods |
| 27/07/1984 | XF321 | Hunter T7 | RAE Fanborough | Made an inadvertent wheels up landing at Bedford. To the RNEC at Manadon as A2734 | |
| 15/08/1984 | XN473 | 98 | Jet Provost T3A | 7 FTS | The pilot noticed a flock of birds during take off from Cranwell, Lincs. He elected to land rather than fly through them. The heavy landing burst both main tyres and collapsed the nose wheel leg. Allocated to 8826M at Church Fenton |
| 19/08/1984 | WJ897 | G-BDFT | Varsity T1 | Leicester Preservation Group | During a flight from East Midlands Airport to Liverpool, the aircraft suffered from engine problems, at 400 ft whilst the pilot attempted an emergency landing, the aircraft suddenly rolled to the left and crashed into the ground inverted in a steep nose down attitude onto the disused Military Camp at Marchington, near Uttoxeter. Of the fourteen on board only three survived |
| 22/08/1984 | XZ395 | GJ | Jaguar GR1 | 54 Sqn | Crashed into the North Sea thirty miles north of Coltishall, Norfolk after the pilot ejected following loss of control due to excessive rudder movement, the cause of which could not be established |
| 31/08/1984 | XX257 | Hawk T1 | Red Arrows | Suffered failure of a rotor blade in the low pressure compressor while taking part in a display over Sidmouth, Devon. The pilot was unable to regain control of the engine and flew the aircraft out to sea where he ejected | |
| 14/09/1984 | XX977 | DL | Jaguar GR1 | 31 Sqn | After encountering poor weather during a low level sortie the pilot was late in deciding to pull out and, as he climbed, cloud obscured hills ahead of him. The aircraft struck cables supporting the Charwelton Radio Tower near Daventry, Bedfordshire 380ft from its base ripping off approximately 5ft from the port wing. The pilot transmitted a mayday and made an emergency landing at RAE Bedford. On 7th December the airframe was transported to Shawbury but was deemed to be damaged beyond economical repair. Allocated to BDRT at St. Athan as 9132M |
| 01/10/1984 | XN817 | Argosy C1 | A&AEE | While on its last mission with the A&AEE one of the undercarriage legs collapsed on landing at West Freugh, Dumfries and Galloway. To the fire dump at West Freugh | |
| 25/10/1984 | XX298 | Hawk T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed into Tremadoc Bay, Gwynedd after both crew ejected when the control column jammed | |
| 31/10/1984 | XL584 | VL-877 | Hunter T8C | FRADU | Crashed into the English Channel five miles off Portsmouth, Hants killing the pilot |
| 07/11/1984 | XX180 | Hawk T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed beside the B5109 road at Mona, Anglesey after the crew ejected due to a bird strike during an overshoot | |
| 08/11/1984 | XR761 | Lightning F6 | LSF | The pilot was burning off fuel after suffering pitch trimmer failure on take off from Binbrook. He ejected after a fire started in both engines. The aircraft crashed into the North Sea ten miles off Spurn Head, Humberside | |
| 08/11/1984 | ZA603 | 08 | Tornado GR1 | 27 Sqn | The pilot pulled up sharply and banked to avoid a USAF A-10A. The navigator, who had been head down looking at a map looked out and saw the ground and no horizon. Sensing that the aircraft was rolling to the left and descending out of control he initiated command ejection. Both ejections were successful. The aircraft crashed near Schweinfurt, West Germany |
| 14/11/1984 | ZA676 | FG | Chinook HC1 | 240 OCU | The instructor reduced power on number 2 engine shortly after take off near Micheldever, Hants. Due to a faulty fuel control unit the number 1 engine failed to compensate and the aircraft struck the ground and rolled over. Two of the seven crew received major injuries It was sent for repair but these were not carried out. Allocated to Odiham dump as 9229M |
| 29/11/1984 | XZ992 | T | Harrier GR3 | 1453 Flt | Crashed into the sea after the pilot ejected due to loss of control after hitting a Giant Petrel while on approach to Port Stanley, Falklands. The pilot had ejected at low altitude and his chute had insufficient time to slow him down before he hit the water. He suffered severe head injuries which incapacitated him but he was saved by two airmen who came to his aid in a dinghy |
| 01/12/1984 | XZ458 | L-125 | Sea Harrier FRS1 | 800 NAS | Crashed at Kilmonivaig Farm, Gairlochy, Highland after the pilot ejected following a bird strike. It was operating off HMS Illustrious |
| 03/12/1984 | XT767 | 624 | Wessex HU5 | 772 NAS | Struck the harbour wall at Portland, Dorset after a control malfunction. It crashed into the sea killing the pilot |