ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330468
| Date: | Monday 26 June 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-114 Sea Heron C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm (FAA) |
| Registration: | XR444 |
| MSN: | 14091 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Irish Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Ditched when all four engines failed. Upon investigation it was found that the wing fuel tanks had not been selected thus starving the engines of fuel.
Sources:
Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums > Historic Aviation
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