ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70710
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 15-JAN-1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King HAS.1 |
| Operator: | Westland Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | XV372 |
| C/n / msn: | 61-395 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | West Harptree, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Bristol |
| Yeovil |
Force-landed near West Harptree on the Mendip Hills, Somerset following double engine failure due to ingestion of ice dislodged from the windscreen. The starboard sponson collapsed on touchdown, the main rotor struck the ground and the aircraft rolled over. The pilot escaped without injury.
Aircraft never flew again: fuselage sold as scrap and transported to a scrapyard at Trowbidge during 1988. The fuselage was then purchased back by RAF and used for Ground instructional Use at St. Mawgan, Cornwall
Sources:
http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/sea%20king%20production.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1969.htm
Westland Aircraft since 1915 / Derek N James\r\n
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2009 10:25 | TB | Added |
| 28-Dec-2009 04:00 | TB | Updated [Date] |
| 17-Jan-2010 12:00 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 04-Sep-2011 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2011 08:43 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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