G ▁ 8 8 5 ▁( 1 5 4 9 0 6 ) ▁and ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁as ▁A - 4 G ▁ 8 8 2 ▁( 1 5 4 9 0 3 ) ▁at ▁this ▁museum . ▁ ▁Acc idents ▁and ▁inc idents ▁Ten ▁of ▁the ▁twenty ▁A - 4 G s ▁were ▁lost ▁during ▁the ▁type ' s ▁service ▁with ▁the ▁R AN . ▁This ▁gave ▁the ▁Sky h awk ▁a ▁poor ▁safety ▁record , ▁but ▁the ▁high ▁loss ▁rate ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁partially ▁att rib utable ▁to ▁the ▁intr insic ▁d angers ▁involved ▁in ▁operating ▁from ▁an ▁aircraft ▁car rier . ▁Two ▁pil ots ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁these ▁acc idents . ▁ ▁Four ▁Sky h aw ks ▁were ▁destroyed ▁in ▁acc idents ▁during ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁first ▁A - 4 G ▁to ▁be ▁lost ▁was ▁ 8 7 3 , ▁which ▁crash ed ▁into ▁the ▁sea ▁off ▁William town , ▁New ▁South ▁Wales , ▁on ▁ 5 ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁engine ▁failure ; ▁its ▁pilot ▁e ject ed ▁and ▁was ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁a ▁RA AF ▁hel ic opter . ▁On ▁ 8 ▁November ▁that ▁year ▁Melbourne ▁suffered ▁a ▁cat ap ult ▁failure ▁while ▁launch ing ▁ 8 8 9 ▁near ▁Singapore , ▁and ▁the ▁aircraft ▁land ed ▁in ▁the ▁sea ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁car rier . ▁While ▁Melbourne ▁sa iled ▁directly ▁over ▁the ▁down ed ▁Sky h awk , ▁its ▁pilot