What happened
The aircraft was conducting a night training exercise departing from RAF Upwood. During the return leg to base, the pilot encountered difficulties localizing the flare path. As the fuel reserves were depleted, the crew initiated an emergency landing procedure in a pasture situated between the villages of Wistow and Bury. The airplane crash landed on the ground and sustained damage that rendered it beyond repair. All six occupants on board remained uninjured during the incident.
Findings
The primary contributing factor to the event was the pilot's inability to localize the flare path while returning from the training exercise, which led to a fuel exhaustion situation necessitating an off-airfield emergency landing.