| 13/01/1959 | WM926 | 139 | Sea Hawk FB5 | 802 NAS | Collided over Buckie, Morayshire. WM926 crashed into the sea killing the pilot. WM939 landed at Lossiemouth but was written off. Allocated to ground instruction as A2482 |
| 13/01/1959 | WM939 | 138 | Sea Hawk FB5 | 802 NAS | |
| 14/01/1959 | VW817 | Valetta C1 | 84 Sqn | Swung into sand after a tyre burst on landing at Firq, Oman | |
| 16/01/1959 | WJ818 | Canberra PR7 | 13 Sqn | Written off in a belly-landing at Akrotiri, Cyprus after the undercarriage had jammed due to an hydraulic leak | |
| 19/01/1959 | VZ302 | Vampire FB5 | 3 CAACU | Stalled while on approach to Exeter, Devon after the pilot overcorrected when the port wing dropped. It crashed inverted into a field and caught fire killing the pilot | |
| 20/01/1959 | WH206 | Meteor T7 | Khormaksar Station Flt | The pilot was unable to locate his position along the coastline off Mogadishu, Somalia and ran out of fuel. The first pilot baled out at 12,000ft but struck the tail and was killed. The second pilot baled out safely at 10,000ft | |
| 20/01/1959 | TX812 | Maintanence Command Comm Sqn | Landed too fast on the wet grass at Andover, Hants. The wheels locked under braking and it skidded broadside until it struck a taxiway and sheared off the undercarriage. Repaired and later sold as G-AVIJ | ||
| 20/01/1959 | WX978 | Z | Meteor FR9 | 8 Sqn | Written off after running into sand after the port tyre burst on take off from Khormaksar, Aden |
| 21/01/1959 | WW150 | BY-016 | Sea Venom FAW21 | Airwork FRU | Collided during a turn at 2,000ft following an exercise with HMS Harrier. They crashed ten miles west of Strumble Head, South Wales. Both pilots were killed |
| 21/01/1959 | XG678 | BY-013 | Sea Venom FAW21 | Airwork FRU | |
| 26/01/1959 | KJ810 | Dakota C4 | 209 Sqn | Stalled on take off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaya and burnt out after the elevators were left locked. The four crew were seriously injured | |
| 28/01/1959 | WV830 | A-164 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 803 NAS | While operating in the Tasman Sea off Auckland, New Zealand the aircraft landed on HMS Albion with the nose wheel retracted |
| 30/01/1959 | XA332 | Gannet AS1 | 817 Sqn/RAN | Crashed en route from Fairey Aviation, Sydeney, to Nowra, Australia | |
| 30/01/1959 | XL837 | C-392 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 845 NAS | Ditched into the Mediterranean Sea off Malta from a ten foot hover while operating off HMS Centaur. A loud bang had occurred followed by the engine overspeeding. The three crew were rescued by the submarine Tally Ho which the helicopter had been exercising with |
| 31/01/1959 | WR194 | Vampire FB9 | RAFC | WR194 had just took off from Cranwell Lincs when it was struck by XE936 which had not called up prior to joining the circuit. Both aircraft crashed killing the three crew | |
| 31/01/1959 | XE936 | 51 | Vampire T11 | RAFC | |
| 02/02/1959 | WV676 | Provost T1 | 2 FTS | Ran out of fuel and tipped over during the subsequent forced-landing at Shawbury, Salop. Allocated to Ternhill dump | |
| 02/02/1959 | WW288 | 650 | Sea Venom FAW21 | 738 NAS | Shortly after a formation take off from Lossiemouth, Morayshire the aircraft hit some buildings. It then struck two telegraph poles, several trees and a 33,000 volt overhead cable before crashing in a fireball into a hillside. The pilot escaped without injury |
| 04/02/1959 | WV838 | LM-635 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 738 NAS | The starboard tyre burst during take off from Lossiemouth, Morayshire. Take off was abandoned but it crashed through the perimeter fence. The pilot escaped uninjured |
| 17/02/1959 | XE619 | C | Hunter F6 | 1 Sqn | Hit trees on approach to Stradishall, Suffolk. Diverted to Honington but crash-landed there |
| 18/02/1959 | XA569 | M | Javelin FAW1 | 87 Sqn | The navigator was killed after his ejection seat fired accidentally at 10,000ft and failed to release him. The aircraft crashed near Bruggen, Germany after the pilot ejected safely |
| 19/02/1959 | WL478 | R | Meteor T7 | RAFFC | Stalled and dived into the ground three miles NE of Strubby, Lincolnshire killing the pilot |
| 21/02/1959 | XE319 | Sycamore HR14 | 194 Sqn | Spun into the ground from 400 feet killing two crew near Kuala Lumpur, Malaya after the rotor blade detached | |
| 23/02/1959 | WV400 | Hunter F4 | 229 OCU | Damaged in a wheels up landing at Chivenor, Devon after the Iraqi pilot forgot to lower the undercarriage. See also 20th March 1959, Sold and repaired and to Abu Dhabi as 704 | |
| 25/02/1959 | XK945 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 845 NAS | Ditched into the Mediterranean Sea off Malta and sank while operating off HMS Centaur after the engine failed while in a 36 foot hover. The three crew were rescued by Whirlwind XK942 | |
| 26/02/1959 | WW295 | 222 | Sea Venom FAW21 | 809 NAS | Climbed slowly after launch from HMS Albion operating thirty miles SE of Jervis Bay, Australia. It rolled to starboard, crashed into the sea and broke up killing both crew |
| 28/02/1959 | XD967 | Swift FR5 | 2 Sqn | Written off in a belly-landing at Jever, West Germany after an undercarriage selector fault | |
| 02/03/1959 | WM907 | 135 | Sea Hawk FB5 | 802 NAS | Fifteen seconds after launch from HMS Eagle an engine fire started due to a detached port jet pipe. An emergency landing was made back on the carrier It was sent for repair but these were not carried out. Allocated to G.I at Dartmouth as A2484 |
| 03/03/1959 | WV917 | C1 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 801 NAS | Ditched into the Mediterranean Sea off Malta after the ejector seat drogue streamed during a catapult launch from HMS Centaur |
| 04/03/1959 | XH207 | Canberra B(I)8 | 59 Sqn | Crashed into a hill three miles south of Sorpe Dam, West Germany killing both crew. It was low flying in poor weather and was between fifty and ninety miles off course | |
| 09/03/1959 | XA802 | D | Javelin FAW2 | 46 Sqn | Burnt out after a start up fire at Sylt, West Germany |
| 09/03/1959 | XE854 | 53 | Vampire T11 | 1 FTS | The pilot had indulged in unauthorised low flying outside the local flying area in order to fly over his parents house at Parkgate, near Rotherham, Yorks. He entered cloud and became disorientated. The aircraft left the cloud in a dive, struck the ground and exploded killing the pilot |
| 12/03/1959 | XE455 | C-123 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 801 NAS | Climbed steeply after launch from HMS Centaur in the Mediterranean off Cape Bon, Tunisia. It then rolled to starboard and crashed into the sea inverted killing the pilot |
| 18/03/1959 | WJ761 | Canberra B6 | 9 Sqn | Missed the runway during a night landing at Luqa, Malta. Attempted an overshoot but touched down. The undercarriage was raised to stop and it slid into WH973 which was slightly damaged. (See 06/10/1971) | |
| 20/03/1959 | WV410 | ES-75 | Hunter F4 | 229 OCU | Came to rest in the river Taw after overshooting and running through the sea wall on landing at Chivenor, Devon. The aircraft disintegrated but the Iraqi pilot was only slightly hurt. He was the same pilot that was in the incident on 23/02/1957 |
| 24/03/1959 | XG208 | Hunter F6 | 26 Sqn | Crashed three miles west of Gutersloh, West Germany after a flame out during an aerobatic display. The pilot ejected | |
| 29/03/1959 | XA297 | Cadet TX3 | 661 GS | Written off in a flying accident at Turnhouse, West Lothian. Sold to the GSA as 264, later 1158 | |
| 02/04/1959 | WD385 | Chipmunk T10 | RAE | Swung on landing at Farnborough, Hants due to mishandling by the two pilots. It ran off the right hand side of the runway and struck an aerial. Both crew were injured | |
| 07/04/1959 | XK631 | VF | Vampire T11 | CFS | Crashed at Dedstone Water killing a cow. The crew had baled out over Bromyard, Herefordshire due to an engine fire |
| 08/04/1959 | XM287 | C | Twin Pioneer CC1 | 78 Sqn | Force-landed at Penin on Perim Island off Aden due to fuel starvation. Caused by the pilots lack of knowledge with regard to the aircraft's fuel distribution system. All nine on board were injured, seven seriously |
| 08/04/1959 | XM288 | D | Twin Pioneer CC1 | 78 Sqn | Ditched into the sea after both engines failed shortly after take off from Khormaksar, Aden. Caused by the pilots mismanagement of the fuel system. The crew were able to swim to the shore |
| 09/04/1959 | XD928 | G | Swift FR5 | 2 Sqn | The pilot ejected after engine failure and landed in the North Sea. The aircraft crashed onto Rantum Beach, Wet Germany. He was unable to release himself from his chute shroud lines and so the rescue helicopter had to tow him to shore |
| 10/04/1959 | XH264 | Vampire T11 | 28 Sqn | Crashed in Tat Hong Channel, Hong Kong following engine failure. The crew ejected | |
| 11/04/1959 | XK380 | Auster AOP9 | 656 Sqn | Struck a fence on take off from Ipoh Race Course, Malaya following repairs after a forced landing | |
| 14/04/1959 | XM663 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 824 NAS | Suffered clutch failure while in the hover at Culdrose, Cornwall. It fell onto its side breaking off the rotor and tail section. The two crew escaped unhurt. To ground instruction at Arbroath | |
| 14/04/1959 | TW572 | Auster AOP6 | 652 Sqn | Swung to starboard on take off from Bunde air strip, West Germany. The pilot over-corrected and it swung violently to port, struck a fence and ran into a ditch | |
| 21/04/1959 | XG579 | 304 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 815 NAS | Ditched into the English Channel thirteen miles off Portland, Dorset after engine rpm dropped while in a hover at 10ft. Two crew were rescued but one was unable to escape from the cabin and drowned |
| 22/04/1959 | WE612 | Auster T7 | 653 Sqn | The pilot approached Kermia, Cyprus too slow in a strong cross wind. He applied full power after bouncing off the runway but the aircraft veered off. It crossed a ditch and nosed over on a mound of soil | |
| 24/04/1959 | VM308 | Anson C19 | Debden Station Flt | The pilot approached the airfield at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon from the wrong direction. He swung to avoid an ambulance and came to rest in a cutting on the airfield boundary | |
| 27/04/1959 | XF267 | Sycamore HR14 | 194 Sqn | Spun into the ground at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya after the rotor blade detached. The three crew were killed | |
| 28/04/1959 | XF378 | Hunter F6 | C(A) Loan | Suffered a minor fire in the rear fuselage area. It was on loan to Hawker Aviation Company at the time. The C(A) section purchased the airframe after the fire and used it for spares | |
| 29/04/1959 | XB521 | 536 | Hiller HT2 | 705 NAS | Badly damaged at Predannack, Cornwall when it drifted downwind during a spot turn in strong winds. The pilot overpitched, it landed heavily and rolled onto its port side. The crew escaped safely. To Fleetands but declared a write off |
| 29/04/1959 | XJ397 | 309 | Whirlwind HAR3 | 815 NAS | Autorotated and ditched into Portland Harbour, Dorset after transmission failure. Allocated to ground instruction as A2485 at Arbroath |
| 30/04/1959 | XK941 | Whirlwind HAS7 | WHL | Control was lost while in a hover at Yeovil, Somerset due to fatigue failure of the starboard lateral control rod. The main rotors struck the ground after the aircraft rolled to port. It came to rest on its port side and caught fire. The two crew escaped without injury | |
| 04/05/1959 | XF882 | Provost T1 | RAFC | Crashed near Londonthorpe, Linconshire after the crew abandoned the aircraft in an uncontrollable spin | |
| 05/05/1959 | TX189 | Anson C19 | Colerne Station Flight | Ground-looped on landing at Colerne, Wiltshire and sheared off the undercarriage | |
| 05/05/1959 | WM986 | LM-616 | Sea Hawk FB3 | 736 NAS | Crashed into a hill in a near vertical attitude at Riverlean Burn thirteen miles from Nairn, Morayshire. The pilot was killed |
| 06/05/1959 | XF996 | ES-72 | Hunter F4 | 229 OCU | The pilot ejected while on approach to Chivenor, Devon after the ailerons jammed. The aircraft crashed onto Saunton Sands |
| 11/05/1959 | WN318 | Meteor T7 | 1 Group Comm Flt | Written off in a wheels up landing at Benson, Oxfordshire after the undercarriage jammed | |
| 20/05/1959 | VV955 | Anson C19 | Coastal Command | Flew into the Talyfan Mountains near Llanduno, North Wales while flying in cloud. It had been en-route Bovingdon to Ballykelly and had been told to divert to Valley to pick up a passenger. The three crew were killed. | |
| 23/05/1960 | WZ668 | Auster AOP9 | 656 Sqn | The engine failed due to fuel starvation. Made an emergency landing on a sports field at Mentakab Camp, Malaya and came to rest against the wall of a hut | |
| 25/05/1959 | WP828 | Chipmunk T10 | Glasgow UAS | Hit the water while in a turn over the Firth of Tay seven miles from Perth | |
| 26/05/1959 | WW289 | 437 | Sea Venom FAW22 | 891 NAS | Taxied forward out of the wire after a normal landing on HMS Centaur while operating in the Bay of Biscay approximately 150 miles off St Nazaire, France. The pilot reported having no brakes and the aircraft struck two other parked aircraft before going over starboard side into the sea. The pilot was killed and three on deck were injured |
| 26/05/1959 | VM322 | Anson C19 | North Coates Station Ft | Swung on landing at Jurby, Isle of Man after the starboard tyre burst. It pivoted onto its nose and then fell back onto its tail severely damaging the fuselage | |
| 26/05/1959 | XE453 | 169 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 804 NAS | HMS Albion was operating in the Indian Ocean approximately 300 miles off Ceylon. The deck came up in rough seas when the aircraft was over the No3 wire. The pilot applied full power to go round but the hook caught No5 wire. The aircraft ditched off the port bow but the pilot was rescued |
| 29/05/1959 | TG522 | Hastings C1A | 114 Sqn | Stalled, crashed and burnt out while on approach to Khartoum, Sudan after No 1 and 2 engine failed. Five of the thirty one on board were killed | |
| 02/06/1959 | WT304 | Canberra B6 | 139 Sqn | Flew into the ground at El Adem, Libya while on a night target marking exercise. The three crew were killed | |
| 03/06/1959 | WL481 | Meteor T7 | RAFFC | The crew abandoned the aircraft after the elevator failed six miles SE of Driffield, Yorkshire | |
| 03/06/1959 | XK663 | Comet C(RCM)2 | 51 Sqn | During the night the aircraft was engulfed by flames and damaged beyond repair in No.4 hangar at Watton, Norfolk. A Lincoln and Varsity that were also in the hangar were dragged out before the fire spread. The centre fuselage was completely destroyed and it was concluded that an inspection lamp that had been left turned on in the Comet’s under floor servicing bay may have been the cause. This left the squadron with only two Comets to carry out its highly classified tasking | |
| 07/06/1959 | WZ880 | Chipmunk T10 | Bristol UAS | Failed to recover from a spin at Winterborne near Filton, Gloucestershire during aerobatics The pilot abandoned the aircraft at the last moment after trying unsuccessfully to release the cadet, who was killed | |
| 08/06/1959 | WG217 | Balliol T2 | SoFC | Written off when the undercarriage collapsed on landing at Hurn, Hampshire | |
| 12/06/1959 | VV640 | Vampire FB5 | Ferry Wing | Crashed into the Bristol Channel while on approach to Llandow near St Athan, Glamorgan. The pilot was killed | |
| 16/06/1959 | WH256 | Meteor F8 | Takali Station Flt | The pilot abandoned take off from Takali, Malta due to difficulty in control column movement. It overshot through the boundary fence, across a road, through a stone wall and came to rest in a field | |
| 18/06/1959 | VZ357 | Vampire FB5 | 5 FTS | Written off when it ran into Vampires WE846 and XD463 after the starboard brake failed while taxying at Oakington, Cambs. The other aircraft were only damaged | |
| 20/06/1959 | XA750 | A-164 | Javelin FAW4 | 3 Sqn | Spun into the ground killing both crew when the pilot lost control after attempting a slow roll after take off from Norvenich, West Germany. It was returning to Geilenkirchen after having been in the static display at Norvenich Open Day |
| 22/06/1959 | WR475 | Venom FB4 | 8 Sqn | The ammunition door opened on take off from Khormaksar, Aden. The pilot was killed when during an attempted emergency landing it stalled and crashed | |
| 25/06/1959 | XG696 | 442 | Sea Venom FAW21 | 891 NAS | Bolted after a heavy landing on HMS Centaur. It struck two parked Sea Hawks and then climbed away slowly and crashed into the Mediterranean. The crew ejected |
| 03/07/1959 | WA681 | Meteor T7 | 81 Sqn | Suffered a wheels up landing at Tengah, Singapore at night | |
| 03/07/1959 | TG580 | Hastings C1A | 48 Sqn | Swung off the runway at Gan, Maldive Islands when the starboard undercarriage leg collapsed after a heavy landing | |
| 05/07/1959 | WT331 | Canberra B(I)8 | 88 Sqn | Struck the water during an asymmetric overshoot at Sharjah, Oman in bad weather. The crew were able to evacuate the aircraft safely | |
| 07/07/1959 | XA772 | Javelin FAW4 | 72 Sqn | An engine cut on take off from Leconfield, Yorks. It made a safe landing but was later declared a write off | |
| 08/07/1959 | WJ649 | Canberra B2 | 231 OCU | Returned to base at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire after the starboard engine rpm dropped. Control was lost and the aircraft yawed to port when the pilot allowed speed to drop too low. It dived into the ground killing the three crew | |
| 09/07/1959 | WV745 | Pembroke C1 | El Adem Station Flt | Ran off the runway and into a ditch on landing at Akrotiri, Cyprus following brake failure | |
| 09/07/1959 | XH750 | R | Javelin FAW7 | 33 Sqn | Crashed into a barley field near Tavenham Rectory near Norwich, Norfolk after engine failure caused by a lightning strike. The crew ejected safely |
| 13/07/1959 | XD955 | D | Swift FR5 | 79 Sqn | Caught fire in flight over West Germany due to a hydraulic fluid failure. Landed back at Gutersloh but it was declared a write off |
| 15/07/1959 | WL480 | Meteor T7 | 12 Group Comm Flt | Yawed during a low speed over-shoot at Leconfield, Yorkshire with the undercarriage extended. It rolled onto its back, struck the ground and burst into flames killing the pilot | |
| 17/07/1959 | XD961 | K | Swift FR5 | 79 Sqn | Crashed two miles east of Gutersloh, West Germany following engine failure. The pilot ejected safely |
| 20/07/1959 | XD627 | Vampire T11 | RAFC | Struck the tops of trees after the student left it too late to recover from a dive during a dummy rocket attack. Returned to Cranwell, Lincs but was found to be damaged beyond repair | |
| 20/07/1959 | XG584 | 306 | Whirlwind HAR3 | 815 NAS | Ditched into Portland Harbour, Dorset after the engine cut, restarted then cut again. The three crew were rescued by a civilian boat. Salvaged and allocated to ground instruction at Arbroath as A2487 |
| 23/07/1959 | WB676 | Chipmunk T10 | 654 Sqn | Written off in a flying accident in West Germany | |
| 24/07/1959 | XA891 | Vulcan B1A/B2 | Avro Aircraft Co | Thirty seconds after take off from Woodford three generators failed due to a major electrical fault. The aircraft climbed to a safe height for abandonment with increasing control difficulty. No 4 engine then began to fail and the two FTOs baled out. The aircraft then became uncontrollable and the radio operator baled out and the two pilots ejected. The aircraft crashed into a field near High Hunsley near Hull, Humberside | |
| 29/07/1959 | XA465 | 234 | Gannet AS4 | 810 NAS | Damaged when it made an emergency wheels up landing on HMS Centaur and ran into the barrier. Off loaded in Singapore for repair, but was declared a write off |
| 30/07/1959 | XH789 | K | Javelin FAW7 | 64 Sqn | Overshot the runway on landing at Akrotiri, Cyprus due to hydraulic failure |
| 31/07/1959 | XJ766 | M | Whirlwind HAR2 | 22 Sqn | Suffered engine failure during a search for a swimmer and ditched into Constantine Bay, Padstow, Cornwall. The crew escaped safely |
| 04/08/1959 | WL142 | Meteor F8 | APS | WL142 crashed into the North Sea off Sylt, West Germany after losing its tail following a collision with WK864, which landed safely | |
| 04/08/1959 | WK864 | Meteor F8 | APS | ||
| 04/08/1959 | WJ362 | Auster AOP6 | 652 Sqn | Crashed in West Germany | |
| 05/08/1959 | VM305 | Anson T22 | A&AEE | Flew into the undershoot area on landing at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire due to pilot error. Both crew were injured | |
| 07/08/1959 | XF986 | RS-11 | Hunter F4 | 229 OCU | Failed to recover from a spin during erobatics and hit the ground at Youlton Farm, Sutcombe SW of Bideford, Devon after the pilot had ejected over Milton Dameral |
| 12/08/1959 | VX600 | Dragonfly HR5 | HMS Centaur Ships Flt | Ditched into the Arabian Sea 8 ½ miles off Karachi, Pakistan after an engine explosion while at 100ft. The crew were rescued | |
| 20/08/1959 | XH668 | Victor B2 | A&AEE | While at 54,000ft the starboard wing tip pitot tube detached due to fatigue failure. This led to an input to the stall detector which extended the leading edge flaps and lowered the elevators. The aircraft entered a high speed dive and began to break up, crashing into the sea off St Brides Bay off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. The captain ejected just prior to impact but was killed along with the other four crew. Over a 14 month period 46 ships were involved in the salvage operation which involved 11,069deep sea trawls which recovered 592,610 pieces of wreckage which amounted to 70% of the aircraft | |
| 24/08/1959 | WP982 | Chipmunk T10 | Leeds UAS | Badly damaged after hitting a fire extinguisher trolley while taxying at Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire. It was rebuilt as G-ARDW | |
| 25/08/1959 | XF425 | H | Hunter F6 | 74 Sqn | Collided at 10,000ft at night when joining up to carry out unauthorised aerobatics. One Pilot ejected safely but the other had not removed the safety pin from the firing handle on his seat and was killed when the aircraft crashed. XF425 crashed near the River Yare, Buckenham, Norfolk while XF502 crashed into a wood at Langley |
| 25/08/1959 | XF502 | K | Hunter F6 | 74 Sqn | |
| 26/08/1959 | WT540 | Canberra PR7 | 13 Sqn | Yawed during an asymmetric approach to Akrotiri, Cyprus after the port engine failed. It belly landed off the runway | |
| 27/08/1959 | WN124 | S | Swift FR5 | 79 Sqn | Crashed into the River Wiesser five miles west of Rinteln, West Germany after the pilot ejected following engine failure |
| 28/08/1959 | WW266 | 016 | Sea Venom FAW21 | Airwork FRU | Crash-landed at Brawdy, Pembroke following loss of power after take off |
| 01/09/1959 | XH775 | E | Javelin FAW7 | 23 Sqn | During a night interception XH781 flew into the back of XH775 at 26,000ft over Brundell, Norfolk. The crew of XH781 were killed while the other crew ejected safely |
| 01/09/1959 | XH781 | J | Javelin FAW7 | 23 Sqn | |
| 07/09/1959 | WR400 | A | Venom FB4 | 208 Sqn | Ran into a ditch when taxying at Eastleigh, Kenya after the brakes failed |
| 08/09/1959 | WT335 | Canberra B(I)8 | 88 Sqn | Rolled at low altitude and flew into the ground at Hochneukirch, West Germany. Both crew were killed | |
| 09/09/1959 | XE648 | H | Hunter F6 | 56 Sqn | The brakes failed on landing at Nicosia, Cyprus. The pilot raised the undercarriage to stop but it ran into a fence |
| 11/09/1959 | XD869 | Valiant B(K)1 | 214 Sqn | Crashed in a tail down attitude four miles east of Marham, Norfolk shortly after a night take off for a direct flight to Nairobi. All six crew were killed. The aircraft had not been test flown following 22 days of servicing and the accident was possibly caused by the tail plane incidence switch working in reverse. After take off the pilot would have operated the switch to select nose down trim, it in fact selected runway trim. Instead of reducing power and pushing the stick forward the pilot increased power and pulled back on the stick | |
| 14/09/1959 | WH982 | Canberra B6 | 9 Sqn | Force-landed and caught fire 1¼ miles SSW of Idris, Libya after both engines failed on take off. The crew escaped safely | |
| 15/09/1959 | WW194 | 652 | Sea Venom FAW21 | 738 NAS | Aborted take off from Lossiemouth, Morayshire. It ran off the runway into a field and caught fire. Allocated to A2488 |
| 17/09/1959 | XE307 | Sycamore HR14 | 103 Sqn | The rotors hit the ground causing the aircraft to roll over during a crash-landing at Nicosia, Cyprus following engine failure. The crew escaped safely | |
| 17/09/1959 | XA424 | CU-283 | Gannet AS4 | 814 NAS | Crashed at Winkleigh, North Devon during an air display rehearsal |
| 19/09/1959 | WW297 | VL-737 | Sea Venom FAW21 | 766 NAS | Collided during the Battle of Britain display at Chivenor, Devon. WW297 crashed into a field half mile from Yelland Power Station. XG617 crashed onto Braunton Marshes |
| 19/09/1959 | XG617 | VL-733 | Sea Venom FAW21 | 766 NAS | |
| 20/09/1959 | WZ709 | Auster AOP9 | 656 Sqn | During take off for a leaflet dropping sortie from Temerloh airstrip, Malaya the starboard wing dipped and the aircraft veered to starboard. It lifted 2-3ft off the ground and then crashed through a fence and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot had not removed the rudder lock prior to take off. | |
| 22/09/1959 | WT953 | 421 | Skyraider AEW1 | 849 NAS | Ditched off the Lofoten Islands, Norway while on a sortie from HMS Victorious after the crew became lost and the aircraft ran out of fuel. They were rescued by a Russian trawler |
| 22/09/1959 | VX122 | Auster AOP6 | 652 Sqn | Landed too far along an air strip in West Germany during an emergency landing due to bad weather. It ran into a hut and a fence and then ground looped before coming to a standstill | |
| 23/09/1959 | WJ514 | Anson T21 | Binbrook Station Flt | Swung on landing at Leeming, Yorkshire causing the tail wheel to collapse | |
| 24/09/1959 | XE385 | 109 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 800 NAS | During a test flight from Lee-On- Solent, Hants the control column jammed fully aft while over Ford, Sussex. The pilot pointed the aircraft out to sea and ejected. He was unfortunately killed |
| 24/09/1959 | XF884 | DM | Provost T1 | RAFC | Written off when it ground looped at Barkeston Heath, Lincs after the undercarriage collapsed on landing. The pilot escaped safely |
| 28/09/1959 | XG575 | 760 | Whirlwind HAR3 | 737 NAS | Ditched into the English Channel five miles off Portland, Dorset after transmission failure. The three crew were rescued by a submarine |
| 29/09/1959 | XA662 | N | Javelin FAW5 | 228 OCU | Crashed thirty miles west of Leeming, Yorkshire after the crew had ejected following double engine failure |
| 29/09/1959 | XD398 | Vampire T11 | Butterworth Sation Flt | Damaged beyond repair in Malaya | |
| 01/10/1959 | XL628 | Lightning T4 | English Electric Co | Crashed into the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man after the tail fin detached during rapid rolling tests at 35,000ft. The pilot ejected, this being the first successful supersonic ejection in a British aircraft. He spent almost 29 hours in the water before landing on a beach at Wigtown Bay | |
| 02/10/1959 | WF835 | Meteor T7 | 5 FTS | The aircraft entered a spin during the climb out from low level. The pilot was unable to regain control and both crew abandoned the aircraft before it crashed at Oakington, Cambridgeshire. The student did not open his chute and was killed | |
| 04/10/1959 | WR421 | Venom FB4 | 60 Sqn | Belly landed on the grass at Tengah, Singapore with the undercarriage jammed up | |
| 06/10/1959 | WV566 | Provost T1 | 1 FTS | Collided in mid air but managed to return to base although they were both later deemed to be damaged beyond economical repair. They were sold back to Hunting Aircraft Ltd. WV566 was used for stress testing | |
| 06/10/1959 | WV578 | Provost T1 | 1 FTS | ||
| 07/10/1959 | WW213 | 437 | Sea Venom FAW22 | 891 NAS | Broke out of the catapult during launch preparations on HMS Centaur while operating off the Philippines. It went over the port side killing both crew. Caused by the fracture of the catapult hold back ring |
| 12/10/1959 | XK490 | Buccaneer S1 | A&AEE | Control was lost when the pilot flew the aircraft in an unauthorised low speed blown condition and simulated single engine failure. It stalled at 10,000ft, spun and impacted the ground inverted near Lyndhurst, Hants. Both crew ejected too late and were killed | |
| 14/10/1959 | XH720 | G | Javelin FAW7 | 33 Sqn | Swung on landing at Nicosia, Cyprus due to hydraulic failure causing the undercarriage to collapse |
| 15/10/1959 | XA117 | VL-944 | Sea Vampire T22 | Yeovilton Station Flt | Ran off the end of the runway during an emergency landing at Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. Emergency caused by a rough running engine due to turbine blade fractures |
| 15/10/1959 | WZ495 | Vampire T11 | 5 FTS | WZ495 collided with XE897 during a change of formation as part of a display practice. WZ495 dived inverted into the ground at Elsworth, Cambs killing the pilot. XE897 landed back at Oakington but was found to be damaged beyond repair | |
| 15/10/1959 | XE897 | Vampire T11 | 5 FTS | ||
| 16/10/1959 | XE445 | C-128 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 801 NAS | Collided at 12,000ft off the Philippines coast. The tail of XE445 was sliced off and the pilot ejected safely. He was picked up from the sea by a helicopter from USS Lexington. Although damaged, XE343 landed back onto HMS Centaur. It was offloaded and eventually returned to the UK by ship but never flew again |
| 16/10/1959 | XE343 | C-120 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 801 NAS | |
| 19/10/1959 | WF381 | 14 | Varsity T1 | ETPS | Control was lost during an asymmetric safety speed assessment. Full power was applied to one engine but the aircraft entered a steep climb, stalled and spun into the ground four miles north of Tangmere, Sussex. Both crew were killed |
| 20/10/1959 | WZ725 | Auster AOP9 | 656 Sqn | During servicing at Noble Field, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaya a bent longeron and strut were discovered. The damage was sustained between 2nd and 20th October either by a heavy landing or by the starboard wheel striking an object. Six pilots had flown the aircraft in that time. It was not repaired | |
| 22/10/1959 | XH761 | Javelin FAW9 | Ferry Sqn | At the start of a ferry flight to Benson the No 2 & 3 hydraulic warning lights illuminated just as the aircraft became airborne off from Moreton Vallence, Gloucestershire. The pilot abandoned take off but the aircraft overran the runway, crossed a road and came to rest in a ploughed field. The pilot escaped safely. Returned to the manufactures for rebuild but was used for spares | |
| 23/10/1959 | XG561 | Pioneer CC1 | 209 Sqn | Lost a wing after hitting a radio mast on take off from Ipoh, NW Malaya in bad weather. It crashed killing the two crew | |
| 26/10/1959 | WK304 | Swift FR5 | 2 Sqn | Crashed four miles ESE of Jever, West Germany after the pilot ejected following loss of power. | |
| 29/10/1959 | WE377 | Venom FB1 | 28 Sqn | The brakes failed during an emergency landing at Kai Tak, Hong Kong. It ran off the end of the runway and into the sea | |
| 01/11/1959 | WZ870 | Chipmunk T10 | Duxford Station Flt | Struck the runway lights on take off from Duxford Cambridgeshire and tipped over during the subsequent emergency landing. Allocated to ground instruction as 7624M. | |
| 10/11/1959 | XD281 | R-190 | Scimitar F1 | 807 NAS | Crashed near Loch Earn, Aberfoyle, Perthshire after the controls locked. The pilot ejected safely |
| 10/11/1959 | XF953 | Hunter F4 | RAFFC | Struck a flock of seagulls while at 300ft, one of which hit the port intake and passed through the engine. Landed back at Strubby, Lincs but was declared a write off | |
| 11/11/1959 | XJ641 | G | Hunter F6 | 93 Sqn | Contact was lost after the pilot had called a practice pan. No trace of the aircraft or pilot was ever found. It is thought that he descended through cloud and flew into the North Sea off Leewarden, Holland |
| 17/11/1959 | WA413 | Vampire FB5 | 3/4 CAACU | Written off in a ground accident at Exeter | |
| 18/11/1959 | WL424 | Meteor T7 | APS | Ran out of fuel and force-landed on a beach 2 miles SE of Grinstead, Denmark. The rear crew member baled out at only 250ft and was killed. The pilot remained with the aircraft and survived | |
| 18/11/1959 | WR531 | Venom FB5 | 8 Sqn | Crashed at Khormaksar, Aden following a bird strike | |
| 19/11/1959 | XD266 | V-155 | Scimitar F1 | 803 NAS | The arrestor wire parted while landing on HMS Victorious while operating in the Mediterranean off the Balearic Islands. It ran off the side of the ship into the sea. The pilot escaped unhurt and was rescued by SAR Dragonfly VX598 |
| 20/11/1959 | WV179 | V-432 | Skyraider AEW1 | 849 NAS | Ditched into Caglian Bay while on route to HMS Victorious after the engine failed and caught fire |
| 24/11/1959 | WF984 | Devon C1 | ETPS | The pilot failed to select the master air valve on prior to take off from Farnborough, Hampshire and was therefore unable to raise the undercarriage. He did not apply sufficient power and climbed to only 300ft before descending and crashing into trees. Both crew were killed | |
| 28/11/1959 | WH699 | Canberra B2 | RAFFC | Control was lost shortly after take off from Strubby, Lincolnshire. The crew ejected and the aircraft crashed two miles SW of the airfield. The navigator did not release from his seat and was killed | |
| 09/12/1959 | WP501 | Dragonfly HR5 | HMS Vial Ships Flt | Lost power on take off from HMS Vidal. It ditched into the Indian Ocean 500 miles off the Somali Republic and sank. The crew were rescued | |
| 14/12/1959 | XE448 | 126 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 801 NAS | Due to a total hydraulics failure it made a wheels and flaps up landing on HMS Centaur while operating in the Pacific Ocean off Brisbane, Australia. It caught the No1 wire and then ran into the barrier. Off loaded in Singapore and scrapped |
| 19/12/1959 | XL828 | Sycamore HR14 | Khormaksar SAR Flt | Lurched to starboard when the pilot closed the throttle after landing on soft ground 32 mile NNE of Ahwar, Aden. He increased power but ground resonance occurred causing the main rotors to strike and shatter the nose and cockpit perspex | |
| 29/12/1959 | XE443 | C-127 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | 801 NAS | Caught fire after a fuel spillage from the front tank during catapult launch from HMS Centaur while operating in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, Australia. The pilot was rescued after it ditched ahead of the ship |
| 30/12/1959 | XE830 | 45 | Vampire T11 | 1 FTS | Entered a left hand diving turn while on approach to Linton-On-Ouse, Yorkshire at night and struck the ground 1½ miles from the airfield killing the pilot |
