| Serial | 00S.59 | |||||||||||||||
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| First Flight | 14/5/1975 | |||||||||||||||
| Model | Jaguar GR.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Crashed | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | encountered bad weather while acting as a chase aircraft, during the ‘pull up’ the pilot ejected, possibly in the belief that the aircraft was about to strike the side of a hill, it crashed on the summit of Beinn-A-Chleibh, near Dalmally, Argyllshire at 2,000 feet AMSL. The staff pilot Flt Lt Alan Graham Procter ejected. Unfortunately, the weather made it impossible to find the crash site. When the site was located, it was discovered that the pilot had survived the ejection but his parachute had been caught by the wind, which dragged him down the mountain. During this he sustained a head trauma which rendered him unconscious. As a result he froze to death on the mountain | |||||||||||||||
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