Harrier - Losses

Date	Type	¹Cause	²Low flying
6 June 1979	Harrier GR3	AE	No
12 June 1979	Harrier GR3	TF	No
18 July 1979	Harrier GR3	AE	Yes
21 September 1979	Harrier GR3 x2	AE	³No
4 October 1979	Harrier GR3	NOM	Yes
8 November 1979	Harrier GR3	NOM	No
12 March 1980	Harrier GR3	NOM	Yes
14 October 1980	Harrier GR3	TF	No
28 October 1980	Harrier GR3	NOM	Yes
1 December 1980	Sea Harrier FRS1	AE	No
26 May 1981	Harrier GR3	AE	No
14 July 1981	Harrier GR3	NPD	Yes
25 August 1981	Harrier GR3	SE	Yes
12 February 1982	Harrier GR3	NPD	Yes
6 May 1982	Sea Harrier FRS1	NOM	No
6 May 1982	Sea Harrier FRS1	NOM	No
23 May 1982	Sea Harrier FRS1	NPD	No
29 May 1982	Sea Harrier FRS1	NOM	No
8 June 1982	Harrier GR3	NPD	No
29 June 1982	Harrier T4	AE	No
6 November 1982	Harrier GR3	TF	No
21 January 1983	Sea Harrier FRS1	AE	No
23 February 1983	Harrier T4 and GR3	AE	⁴No
22 March 1983	Harrier GR3	NPD	No
3 May 1983	Harrier GR3	SE	No
14 June 1983	Sea Harrier FRS1	NPD	No
20 October 1983	Sea Harrier FRS1	TF	No
28 October 1983	Harrier GR3	NPD	No
19 November 1983	Harrier GR3	NPD	No
16 March 1984	Sea Harrier FRS1	TF	No
3 June 1984	Harrier GR3	TF	No
29 November 1984	Harrier GR3	NOM	Yes
1 December 1984	Sea Harrier FRS1	NOM	Yes
7 February 1985	Sea Harrier T4	AE	No
18 February 1985	Harrier T4	NOM	⁵Yes
19 November 1985	Harrier GR3	NOM	No
16 April 1986	Sea Harrier FRS1	AE	No
17 June 1986	Harrier GR3	TF	No
28 June 1986	Harrier GR3	AE	No
15 October 1987	Sea Harrier FRS1	NOM	Yes
2 November 1987	Harrier GR3 x2	AE	⁶No
20 May 1988	Harrier GR3	AE	No
18 August 1988	Harrier GR3	NPD	No
20 June 1989	Harrier T4	AE	No
4 October 1989	Sea Harrier FRS1	AE	No
29 October 1989	Sea Harrier FRS1	SE	No
1 December 1989	Sea Harrier FRS1	TF	No
8 May 1990	Sea Harrier FRS1	AE	No
17 October 1990	Harrier GR5	SE	No
10 May 1991	Sea Harrier FRS 1	NPD	Yes
29 May 1991	Harrier GR7	TF	No
25 September 1991	Harrier T4	NOM	Yes
30 September 1991	Harrier GR5	AE	No
14 May 1992	Harrier GR3	NOM	No
28 May 1992	Sea Harrier FRS1	NPD	No
7 August 1992	Harrier GR5	TF	No
28 June 1993	Harrier GR7	NYD	Yes
5 Janaury 1994	Sea Harrier FRS2
14 January 1994	Harrier GR7
27 June 1994	Harrier T4N
1 June 1995	Harrier GR7
26 July 1995	Harrier T10
20 October 1995	Sea Harrier FA2
13 February 1996	Sea Harrier F/A2
19 February 1996	Harrier GR7
26 February 1996	Harrier T4N

¹ AE — Air crew error.

SE — Servicing error.

NOM — Natural, operating and medical hazards.

TF — Technical failure.

NPD — Not positively determined.

NYD — Not yet determined (board of inquiry not yet complete).

² Low flying column: Indicates whether the aircraft was engaged in low-flying (raining or not, it does not include accidents during take-off or landing or during low-level aerobatics displays.

³ Mid-air collision involving two Harrier GR3s.

⁴ Mid-air collision involving Hairier T4 and Harrier GR3.

⁵ Mid-air collision involving Harrier GR3 and German Federal Marine F104 aircraft.

⁶ Mid-air collision involving two Harrier GR3s.

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