Jet Provost T.5 XN643 near Snainton.
On 30th July 1981 the pilot of this No.1 Flying Training School aircraft was undertaking a solo training flight over the Vale of Pickering when the flame on the engine went out and would not
relight. He narrowly missed three farms before recovering the aircraft to a glide where upon he then ejected. The aircraft crashed near Malton Cote Farm, just north of the villages of Ebberston
and Snainton into a barley field but was not badly damaged considering it was pilotless, but it had flatten about an acre of a standing barley crop. The aircraft is pictured above in a photograph
supplied by the late Mr Jim Rutland.
Pilot - P/O Guy Deacon Trezona RAF (8027689).
Guy Trezona received a commission in the RAF on 18th December 1980 to the rank of P/O. He was just nineteen years old when this incident occurred. He then left the RAF six months after
this incident on 22nd December 1981 and transferred to the Army Air Corps where he served until reliquishing his commission on 16th March 1984. I thank him for contacting me during the very
early days of this website.
Jet Provost XN643 was built to contract KC/E/031 by Hunting Percival Ltd. at Luton and was awaiting collection on 1st February 1962. It was initially taken on charge by No.3 Flying Training School at
Leeming on 7th February 1962. On 4th September 1962 it was slightly damaged in a collision, Cat.3R damage was the initial damage assessment but on 6th September 1962 this was upgraded to Re.Cat.4R and it
was taken to Hunting Percival Aircraft Ltd. at Luton for a repair in works. Once servicable, on 15th March 1963 it was taken on charge by the Central Flying School at Little Rissington. On 30th July 1963
it was transferred back to No.3 Flying Training School at Leeming. Between July 1963 and July 1975 it went between both No.3 F.T.S. and 26 Squadron at Wyton. On 12th August 1975 it went to BAC Ltd.
at Warton for conversion to T.3A status and was reflown on 29th October 1975. On 6th November 1975 it was taken on charge by No.1 Flying Training School at Linton on Ouse. On 30th July 1981 the pilot ejected
near Snainton when the engine flamed out. The aircraft crashed and Cat.5/FA damage was the damage assessment but it must have remained reasonably intact because on 17th August 1981 the remains at
Linton on Ouse were converted to Ground Instructional Airframe 8704M. In 1986 it was with the RAF Exhibition Flight at Abingdon but in September 1987 it was scrapped though the nose was retained at
R.A.F.C. Cranwell.