Incident Westland Sea King HC4 ZE428,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165631
 
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Date:Thursday 3 October 2013
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Sea King HC4
Owner/operator:845 NAS FAA RN
Registration: ZE428
MSN: WA/955
Year of manufacture:1985
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGVL)
Destination airport:RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGVL)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit ground tail first, when nose was raised too quickly on landing during take off from Runway 04 at RNAS Yeovilton. The helicopter remained upright but tail section was sheared off. Aircraft sent to Gosport 13/11/2013 for damage assessment; assessed as Cat.3 (Repairable). However, due to the impending Out of Service Date for the Sea King, ZE428 was later re-assessed as "damaged beyond economical repair", and transported by road to Eastleigh for scrapping by 30/08/2014

Sources:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-accident-involving-sea-king-ze428-at-rnas-yeovilton
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=87600
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2013.htm
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/4968/
http://hampshireaviation.co.uk/index.php?topic=91.0
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=102803

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Apr-2014 20:46 Dr. John Smith Added
19-May-2014 16:25 TB Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative]
19-May-2014 16:25 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
12-Aug-2014 17:46 Aerossurance Updated [Operator, Source]
27-Sep-2015 20:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
27-Sep-2015 21:11 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
07-Dec-2015 18:50 TB Updated [Operator]
30-Aug-2020 20:22 MiG15 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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