ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160597
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1965 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) |
| Registration: | WG662 |
| MSN: | W/H/32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West End Farm, Hogs Back, east of Frensham, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough Airfield, Hampshire (EGLF) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR.3 WG662 "28" of the Empire Test Pilots School was written off on 29/6/1965: During an auto rotation exercise the pilot allowed rotor RPM to decay which induced loss of cyclic control. The aircraft entered a steady descent and struck the ground at West End Farm, Hog’s Back, east of Frensham, Surrey. Both pilots were thrown from the aircraft when their harnesses sheared but one was killed when the aircraft yawed violently to starboard and rolled onto him
Pilot killed was Squadron Leader John Sloane Hurll; the incident apparently made national news (the ITN 8:55 news) at the time. It also made the newspapers - according to a contemporary newspaper report ("Liverpool Echo" - Tuesday 29 June 1965)
"HELICOPTER CRASHES, BURSTS INTO FLAMES
Pilot Dragged Clear
ONE KILLED
Squadron Leader J. S. Hurll, 37-years-old rotary wing tutor at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, died in the blazing wreck of a helicopter which crashed into a field near Frensham, Surrey, to-day.
Passers-by rescued the pilot, Wing-Commander P. J. Barden, aged 36, who was taken to Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, with head and spinal injuries.
The helicopter was a training machine from the Empire Service Pilots' Training School near Farnborough, Hampshire.
Three men who helped to drag the pilot clear were Robin Woodward, aged 24, of Haslemere: Gerry Hay, aged, 24, of Beacon Hill, and Frank Judge, aged 32, of Haslemere. At the time they were building a garage at the home of Sir Douglas and Lady McLaggan in Frensham."
Sources:
1. Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 29 June 1965
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1965.htm
3. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=14818.0
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=398
5. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=14819.0
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog%27s_Back
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2013 06:52 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 04-Dec-2018 10:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2020 03:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2020 03:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Feb-2020 07:40 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2020 14:17 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 12:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 06-Aug-2022 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Category] |
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