SeaHarrier

16 April 1986 a BAe Sea Harrier FRS1, . He was very much a member of the RN when he crashed the SHAR and had no ties to the RAN (other than by prior experience).

I do not believe the aircraft was a BAe test bed either. I remember it as just a normal squadron aircraft.

Andy was a member of 800 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) which was a part of the HMS Illustrious CAG. They were on board Ark Royal as reinforcements/guests during an extensive operational training period for 801 NAS (Ark Royal CAG's Fighter squadron).

Dave B
in email 14th October 2007

Date	Air Force	A'cft	Unit / Serial	based	crashed	crew	photo	seat
	The first Sea Harrier loss
1st December 1980	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ454	800 NAS HMS Invincible	struck top of ski-jump during a flying display	Lt.Cdr. M. Blisset ejected - minor injuries		Martin-Baker
4th May 1982	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ450	800 NAS,HMS Hermes	Shot down by AAA over Goose Green	Lt. N. Taylor killed		Martin-Baker
6th May 1982	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ452	801 NAS HMS Invincible	CAP over Falklands. Suspected collision with XZ453	Lt. Cdr. E. J. Eyton-Jones MIA		Martin-Baker
6th May 1982	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ453	801 NAS HMS Invincible	CAP over Falklands. Suspected collision with XZ452	Lt. A. Curtis MIA		Martin-Baker
17th May 1982	BAe & A&AEE	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ438	No 809 squadron aircraft BAe & A&AEE development aircraft	Yeovilton ski-jump. Trialling 330 gallon underwing tanks. fuel problems an asymetric fuel load condition in the empty tanks	Lt. Cdr. D. Poole (809 NAS) ejected - minor injuries.		Martin-Baker
23rd May 1982	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA174	801 NAS HMS Invincible	Slipped off side of carrier	Lt. Cdr. M. Broadwater ejected safely		Martin-Baker
23rd May 1982	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA192	800 NAS, HMS Hermes	explosion after take-off	Lt. Cdr. Batt killed		no ejection
1st June 1982	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ456/008	809 Sqn. from HMS Invincible	brought down by a Roland AAM during Falklands campaign on a reconnaissance mission south of Port Stanley airfield	Flt. Lt. Ian 'Morts' Mortimer ejected safely landing in the sea off Port Stanley. He was rescued eight hours later.		Martin-Baker
21st January 1983	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA177	800 NAS HMS Hermes or No 899 squadron	Spin. Crashed at Cattistock, Dorset	Lt. Fox ejected with spinal injuries		Martin-Baker
15th June 1983	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ500	800 NAS HMS Illustrious.	Inverted spin. Control lost. Crashed into Bay of Biscay	Lt. Hargreaves ejected safely		Martin-Baker
20th October 1983	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA194		control restriction	Major O'Hara (USMC) ejected safely		Martin-Baker
16th March 1984	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ496	800 NAS ??HMS Illustrious	engine failure alongside carrier	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
1st December 1984	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ458		bird strike engine failure over Fort William, Scotland	Lt. Collier ejected with minor injuries		Martin-Baker
16th April 1986	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ491 R 000	801 Sqn HMS Ark Royal	Fuel exhaustion. due to instrument malfunction and carrier misdirection in bad weather crashed into the sea off Benbecula, Outer Hebrides	Lt. Cdr. Andy Sinclair ejected safely Lt. Cdr. Sinclair transferred from the Royal Australian Navy to the Royal Navy in 1984		Martin-Baker
16th April 1986	16 April 1986 a BAe Sea Harrier FRS1, . He was very much a member of the RN when he crashed the SHAR and had no ties to the RAN (other than by prior experience). I do not believe the aircraft was a BAe test bed either. I remember it as just a normal squadron aircraft. Andy was a member of 800 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) which was a part of the HMS Illustrious CAG. They were on board Ark Royal as reinforcements/guests during an extensive operational training period for 801 NAS (Ark Royal CAG's Fighter squadron). Very best regards, Dave B in email 14th October 2007
20th October 1983	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA194		control restriction	Major O'Hara (USMC) ejected safely		Martin-Baker
15th October 1987	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA190	801 NAS HMS Invincible	bird strike	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
4th Oct 1989	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA191	800 NAS HMS Ark Royal	hit HMS Ark Royal's mast during flypast	Lt. Paul Simmonds-Short ejected safely	check files for photo	Martin-Baker
1st December 1989	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ451	801 NAS HMS Ark Royal	control failure near Sardinia	Lt. M. Auckland ejected safely		Martin-Baker
9th May 199	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ460	800 NAS HMS Invincible	flew into sea after take-off	Lt. Holmes killed		no ejection
10th May 1991	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZD609		Control restriction. Crashed over South Wales	Lt. H. Mitchell ejected, seriously injured		Martin-Baker
25th August 1992	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	ZA193		lost a pitch nozzle, ditched alongside HMS Invincible	Lt. Wilson (800 NAS) ejected safely		Martin-Baker
5th January 1994	RN	Sea Harrier FA2	XZ495	899 NAS	engine failure over Bristol Channel	Lt. Wilson ejected safely		Martin-Baker
16th April 1994	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ498	801 Sqn from HMS Ark Royal	Shot down near Gorazde, Bosnia by a SAM-7	Lt. N. Richardson ejected safely - rescued		Martin-Baker
15th December 1994	RN	Sea Harrier FRS1	XZ493	800 NAS HMS Invincible	control failure during hover alongside carrier	Lt. D. Kistruck ejected safely		Martin-Baker
14th February 1996	RN	Sea Harrier FA2	XZ455	800 Sqn HMS Hermes	accident over Adriatic Sea	Pilot ejected safely		Martin-Baker
8th October 2001	RN	Sea Harrier			overran the runway at Yeovilton	Sqn Ldr. Spon Clayton 2nd Ejection 2 crushed vertebra ( to go with 3 from the Hunter see 15th February 1992) and a sore ankle-landed on the concrete!!		Martin-Baker Mk 10
Thursday 5th December 2002 09:40h	RN	Sea Harrier T8		Royal Naval Air Station in Yeovilton, Somerset, on attachment to Wittering	Crashed on take-off at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire	One pilot ejected - suffered not seriously injured		Martin-Baker
Thursday 5th December 2002 09:40h	RN	Sea Harrier T8			Crashed on take-off at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire	One pilot ejected - suffered fatal injuries		Martin-Baker
11th June 2003	RN	Sea Harrier FRS 2			Aircraft became uncontrollable at 28,000ft and went into a spin. Off coast of North Devon	pilot Lt. Cdr. Robert Schwab ejected safely at 10,000 ft. He was rescued from the sea uninjured	7000th Life Saved	Martin-Baker Mk 10 H
21st April 2003	Spanish Navy	Harrier AV-8B			Crashed into the sea in the Gulf of Cadiz	Pilot ejected