ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59978
Last updated: 18 May 2013
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| Date: | 17-SEP-1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Lynx AH1 |
| Operator: | British Army Air Corps (AAC) |
| Registration: | XZ640 / L |
| C/n / msn: | 171 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Saillagouse (Pyrénées-Orientales) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Faillagouse Aviation Mountain Training School |
Crashed in the Pyrénées mountains after suffering turbulence at high altitude.
The aircraft was on a training exercise hovering or manoeuvring over rocky terrain when the tail rotor clipped an outcrop of rock. The loss of control resulted in the aircraft falling near-vertically for a considerable distance down a mountain gulley/re-entrant before being destroyed in a post-crash fire. The crash was non-survivable for all 3 on board.
Sources:
Flight International 18 Oct. 1986
http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=steleocadie-lynx&lang=fr
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1986.htm
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/442493-french-lynx-crash.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2009 10:32 | harro | Added |
| 22-May-2009 10:54 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Dec-2010 18:24 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2010 02:45 | TB | Updated [Cn] |
| 30-Dec-2010 14:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 31-Aug-2011 22:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2012 05:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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