ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227742
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| Date: | Friday 19 May 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-61N |
| Owner/operator: | Helinamib/Court |
| Registration: | ZS-RDY |
| MSN: | 61742 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South Atlantic, off the Skeleton Coast, Namibia -
 Namibia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While flying out to a ship in the South Atlantic the a/c suffered an engine failure. After an air-turnback the speed decayed and so the pilot made a precautionary sea landing 27 miles from the coast. Following a water-taxi to the coast the a/c was beached.
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1996/1996%20-%202788.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2019 18:54 | Peteski | Added |
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