This left a big hole about 2 miles from ejection point
Date: 28-JUN-1993
Time:
Type:
BAe Harrier II GR.7
Operator: 3 Squadron, RAF
Registration: ZD430
C/n / msn: P42
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Hecklington, 7 miles from Sleaford, Lincolnshire - United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Leeming
Destination airport: RAF Coningsby (QCY/EGXC)
Narrative:
Crashed onto farmland between Hecklington and Burton Pedwardine, seven miles from Sleaford, Lincolnshire after the pilot had ejected at about 3000 feet and 220 knots, following an unsuccessful attempt to make an emergency landing at RAF Coningsby.
(ZD430 was en route from RAF Leeming back to RAF Gutersloh, Germany)
Fuel from a massive leak on the starboard wing leading edge, probably caused by a bird strike, was ignited by the engine