By: Propstrike - 1st June 2013 at 10:47
I remember the pilot was badly hurt and recovery was prolonged. I hope he has no ongoing problems.
”The aircraft departed Blackpool for a display in Northern Ireland with the intention of returning to its
home base at Exeter. It took off with one of the two electrical generators inoperative and at an
indeterminate time during or shortly after the display, the second generator failed. The pilot did not
notice the failure until he had initiated a climb to high altitude through extensive cloud.
He continued to climb and reached visual conditions above the cloud. At altitude he decided to continue the flight
to Exeter ‘non-radio’ and proceeded in accordance with his flight plan at FL220. On encountering
some cirrus cloud over North Wales he decided to descend to FL180 so as to remain in visual flight
conditions and throttled back the engine slightly.
On reaching FL180 he advanced the throttle but the engine did not respond and attempts to relight it were unsuccessful. He adopted a glide towards
Llanbedr Airfield but when he realised he would not reach it, he turned towards the nearest shoreline
and ejected over a large river estuary. The pilot was injured during ejection and he landed heavily in
shallow water. He was rescued by helicopter and the abandoned Hunter crashed into marshland near
the estuary bank”
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/dft_avsafety_pdf_028723.pdf
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June 1, 2013 at 10:01 am