03/1995 |
XX408 |
|
Gazelle
AH1 |
Ex
670 Sqn |
The
aircraft was delivered to Fleetlands for overhaul from 670 Sqn. After
being stripped down, an accumulation of previously carried out squadron
level minor repairs were
discovered which, when added together rendered the aircraft beyond
economical major repair. It was withdrawn from use and allocated to
Eurocopter in France as a static test rig during 1995 |
10/03/1995 |
ZE789 |
AU |
Tornado
F3 |
56(R)
Sqn |
Crashed
into the North Sea eleven miles off Spurn Point, Humberside following a
catastrophic failure of the left hand engine. The intensity of the
subsequent fire melted the flying control rods which rendered the aircraft
uncontrollable. Both crew ejected and were picked up by a Sea King but the
navigator was killed during the ejection sequence after suffering severe
head injuries |
07/04/1995 |
ZF644 |
|
EH101 |
Westlands |
During
a test flight from Yeovil the helicopter suffered loss of control due to
an uncommanded movement of the tail rotor to full pitch while at 12,000ft.
The second pilot and two test engineers parachuted to safety from
10,000ft. The chief pilot stayed with the helicopter and steered it away
from the village of Yarcombe, Somerset. He baled out of the cockpit window
at 1,200ft and was slightly injured as his chute did not have time to
fully deploy. The aircraft crashed into a field close to the A303
Exeter-London road. Caused by a sub-standard component in the tail rotor
pitch control system |
16/05/1995 |
XW666 |
|
Nimrod
R1 |
51
Sqn |
During
a test flight from Kinloss after an overhaul the No 4 starboard engine
caught fire, this spread to the No 3 engine and the wing. An emergency
landing was attempted at Lossiemouth but the pilot was forced to ditch in
the sea three miles short of the airfield. The seven crew abandoned the
aircraft into their dinghies and were rescued by helicopter. The aircraft
broke its back on hitting the water and later sank in 100ft of water. It
was later recovered and used in the conversion of XV249 in to a
replacement R1. Electrical arcing had initiated the starter system on No 4
engine. With no load the system ran at high speed resulting in the failure
of a nut securing the turbine fan. The disk fractured the engine casing
and punctured a fuel tank and started the fire. The nose section was
preserved at the Jet Aviation Preservations Group museum at Long Marston,
Warwickshire arriving there during August 1999. It later moved north to
Aeroventure at Doncaster |
01/06/1995 |
ZG475 |
|
Harrier
GR7 |
SAOEU |
No
attempt was made to pull out of a decent until the low altitude warning
sounded at 100 ft. Full back stick was applied but the aircraft struck the
water in the Solway Firth off the Burrow Head peninsula, Dumfries and
Galloway, skipped and broke up. It had been on a development flight from
Boscombe Down and the pilot, who was the SAOEU commander, was possibly
distracted. He did not eject and was killed |
21/06/1995 |
XZ373 |
GF |
Jaguar
GR1A |
54
Sqn |
Due
to a fuel imbalance in the underwing tanks control was lost during ACT.
The US exchange pilot could not regain control and ejected at 5,000 ft.
The aircraft crashed into the Adriatic Sea and had been operating from
Gioia del Colle, Italy |
25/07/1995 |
XX623 |
M |
Bulldog
T1 |
East
Midlands UAS |
Sustained wing and undercarriage damage in a forced landing two miles NW of Folkestone, Kent after engine failure. On landing, the right undercarriage leg collapsed causing the aircraft to pivot on the right wing. The left main wheel and nose wheel then collapsed. The two crew escaped unhurt. This aircraft had previously sustained structural damage during a landing incident on 22nd July 1976 'qv' and was not allowed to perform aerobatics as a result. Due to this second incident and the announcement towards the end of 1998 that the Bulldog was to be replaced, it was not repaired and was withdrawn from use and stored at Newton. It was later sold for spares use to a private owner who operates a former Guyana Air Force Bulldog in Wiltshire |
26/07/1995 |
ZH655 |
Q |
Harrier
T10 |
20(R)
Sqn |
The
configuration of the aircraft coupled with the low fuel state and empty
water tanks resulted in the centre of gravity being further forward than
normal. During a conventional landing at Wittering, Cambridgeshire and at
80 ft the nose pitched down. This was corrected by the instructor but it
reoccurred when at 40 ft. With insufficient height to recover the aircraft
struck the runway hard. The undercarriage was torn off and the aircraft
slid for half a mile down the runway on its nose. The crew escaped unhurt |
05/08/1995 |
ZE654 |
|
Viking
T1 |
631
VGS |
Collided
at 2,000ft
over Sealand,
Clwyd. ZE654 crashed near
houses killing the instructor and the fourteen
year old
female cadet. ZE677 crash-landed back at Sealand despite severe
damage to a wing and the cockpit. The
instructor suffered back injuries and the student suffered from shock.
ZE677 was repairable |
05/08/1995 |
ZE677 |
|
Viking
T1 |
631
VGS |
08/08/1995 |
XW870 |
F |
Gazelle
AH1 |
2
FTS/CFS |
Damaged
in a heavy landing at Shawbury, Salop. With the reorganisation of
helicopter training due to take place early 1997 which will result in the
replacement of the Gazelle, it was not repaired and was used for spares.
It was finally taken to the Fire School at Manston during November 2001 |
10/08/1995 |
XX288 |
DX |
Hawk
T1 |
208(R)
Sqn |
Veered
left off the runway onto the grass during a 'touch and go' at Mona,
Anglesey. The student pilot selected full power but decided that the
aircraft would not become airborne and ejected. The pilotless aircraft
then took off, passed over the A5 road and crashed into a rocky outcrop on
open farmland and caught fire |
20/08/1995 |
XZ668 |
Y |
Lynx
AH7 |
663
Sqn |
Struck
the surface of the Adriatic Sea in poor weather off Croatia seven miles
from Ploce while practising missile evasion manoeuvres. It
turned over and sank drowning four of the five on board. Airframe
to Middle Wallop |
27/08/1995 |
ZE655 |
|
Viking
T1 |
631
VGS |
Landed
inverted and broke up after hitting trees while on approach to at Sealand,
Clwyd. The instructor and student were seriously injured |
02/09/1995 |
XV239 |
39 |
Nimrod
MR2 |
120
Sqn |
During
a climb out as part of its display during the Canadian National Exhibition
Air show over Lake Ontario off Toronto speed reduced too far and the
aircraft stalled while in a turn at 950ft. There was insufficient height to recover the aircraft and it crashed into the
lake. It broke up on impact killing the seven crew |
05/10/1995 |
XX451 |
CU58 |
Gazelle
HT2 |
705
NAS |
Flew
into overhead power cables, burst into flames and crashed into the River
Wye at Livox Quarry near Chepstow, Gwent. Both crew were killed. It was
one of a pair on a low level flight from Shawbury to Culdrose |
20/10/1995 |
XZ457 |
714 |
Sea
Harrier F/A2 |
899
NAS |
A
compressor blade detached on take off from Yeovilton, Somerset while at
80ft and the engine exploded. The pilot made an immediate heavy forced
landing and ejected through the fire. The aircraft ran into the barrier at
the end of the runway and was extensively damaged |
30/10/1995 |
ZE733 |
GE |
Tornado
F3 |
43
Sqn |
ZE210 collided
with the underside of ZE733 during a mishandled join up manoeuvre at
12,000 ft at night and using night vision goggles. Control of ZE733 was
immediately lost and both crew ejected safely and were rescued by a Sea
King from Boulmer. The aircraft crashed into the North Sea sixty miles NE
of Berwick,
Northumberland.
ZE210 suffered damage to the cockpit area but managed to returned to
Leuchars. Due to damage received it was not repaired and was allocated to
spares use at Leuchars before finally being dumped at St. Athan |
30/10/1995 |
ZE210 |
GD |
Tornado
F3 |
43
Sqn |