Serial | 712071 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 11.06.71 | |||||||||||||||
Model | Harrier-GR.3 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Crashed | |||||||||||||||
Comments | written off (damaged beyond repair) 17.06.86 when the a/c crashed short of runway 27 at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, after a major electrical failure 15 nautical miles out whilst on approach, followed by fuel starvation, and subsequent loss of thrust. The pilot - Flight Lieutenant Gerry Humphreys - ejected safely two seconds before the aircraft struck the ground, and landed 1/4 miles away | |||||||||||||||
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