ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139566
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Scout AH.1 prototype |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aircraft Establishment |
| Registration: | XP166 |
| MSN: | S2/5311 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Farnborough, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Farnborough, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Badly damaged when the main rotor blades were struck by flying wooden debris at Farnborough, Hants. This resulted in damage to the entire dynamic system. It was not repaired and was allocated to the dump at Farnborough and later used for ground instruction there. Later re-registered G-APVL and privately owned at East Dereham, Norfolk
Sources:
1. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/313
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20120214110833/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/ah1900/cicuprod.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20130717113810/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com:80/hancrash.html
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1975.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2011 02:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Jun-2013 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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