ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138642
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 08-APR-1965 |
| Time: | Day. |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Operator: | 845 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | XS164. |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Nangar Gaat, 3rd Division, Sarawak. -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nangar Gaat. |
XS164 lost its tail rotor owing to severe vibration shortly after taking off from the battalion forward operating base at Nangar Gaat.
The tail rotor had been damaged on an earlier sortie, losing about 1 inch from one of the blades.
Owing to the difficulty in obtaining a replacement blade at such a remote location, the pilot is reported to have attempted to rebalance the rotor by trimming an identical length off the undamaged blade.
Lt J.A.C. Morgan, Royal Navy.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://albiefield.co.uk/Sarawak/nangagaat/nangagaat.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2011 02:04 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 22:12 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 01:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2013 13:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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