The remains of this aircraft are designated as a Controlled Site under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. For further information on this Act and its administration with regard to aircraft, please contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1RZ.

Wreckage is spread over a huge area, but the most visible concentration is right at the top of the ridge.

Event and Historical Information:
This Fairchild was assigned to number 10 Tactical Fighter Wing of the 8th Army Air Force based at Alconbury. The aircraft was being flown by Capt Robert Burrows on 6 February 1990. The aim of the exercise was to practise low attacks, but in misty conditions the plane flew into the mountainside of Tarrne yr Escobat around 450m. The pilot, Capt Robert Burrowes, was killed.

Sources include:
Brecon Beacons National Park, 1995, Identification Guide Aircraft Crashes in the National Park, ID 21
Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Cloud: High Ground Aircraft Crash of South Wales, pg41

WWW resources:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/Personnel/SPVA/AviationArchaeology.htm

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, November 2007.