Jet Provost between Coxwold and Kilburn.
On the 5th of April 1966 this Jet Provost was being flown over North Yorkshire to test the aircrafts instruments at high altitude,
on board were two pilots and at the time of the crash were begining to head back to Church Fenton, their
home base. The aircraft was put into a spin in cloud and to have failed to recover from this spin following a barrel roll at
9000 feet over Byland. Unable to regain control in the available height the two crew ejected and they came down near High Kilburn.
The aircraft circled pilotless for a while before
crashing into the ground into the side of a house alongside the Coxwold to Kilburn road. The house sustained slight damage
but was repaired. The two airmen survived although one received slight back injuries. Witnesses recalled seeing the aircraft
circling with the canopy blown off and there being no pilot inside. The aircraft caught fire on impact and set the house
on fire, the fire was put out by the fire brigade soon after however before extensive damage was caused.
The aircraft was built to contract KC/E/041 by B.A.C. at Luton and delivered to 7 FTS on 10th September 1962.
Prior to its loss at Kilburn it was damaged twice before, once in a Cat.3 incident on 18th April 1963 when it was overstressed
when the stick was pushed back to hard and the aircrafts instructor attempted to counteract the pull force, nearly 7 "g" was registered.
The aircraft was landed at base but sustained damage, it was repaired only to sustained damage at Cat. 2
on 16th June 1965 before being repaired again. It was finally written off with Cat.5/s damage in the incident detailed above.
Instructor Pilot - F/Lt Peter Goodman (608080), aged 28, ok.
Pupil Pilot - F/Lt Peter G Cowen (507763), aged 25, ok.
General overview of the crash site, the outbuilding attached to the house looks to have been rebuilt following the crash and resulting fire.
I found the site in May 2005. The house is along side the Coxwold to Kilburn road but shows no sign of a name board to identify it.
