Accident Westland Sea King HAS6 ZE419,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71523
 
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Date:Saturday 6 November 1993
Time:22:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Sea King HAS6
Owner/operator:819 NAS FAA RN
Registration: ZE419
MSN: WA957
Year of manufacture:1986
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 mi S of Orsay Lighthouse, Islay, Argyll and Bute -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Prestwick (EGPK)
Destination airport:Prestwick (EGPK)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed and sank after suffering a major control malfunction. The aircraft was in a 40 foot hover over the water, engaged in anti-submarine warfare training with SSK HMS Unicorn with the sonar deployed in the sea beneath the aircraft. It pitched up, hit the sea tail first and sank in 90 meters of water killing one aircrewman.

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1993.htm
https://www.nlb.org.uk/lighthouselibrary/lighthouse/rinns-of-islay/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Jan-2010 10:44 TB Added
17-Jan-2010 12:00 TB Updated [Operator]
07-Mar-2010 10:31 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative]
12-Oct-2012 11:38 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2012 01:05 Anon. Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Narrative]
12-Jan-2013 06:08 Nepa Updated [Operator]
17-Jan-2013 13:48 Nepa Updated [Operator]
22-Jun-2013 16:21 TB Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Dec-2013 18:07 njg999 Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
11-Nov-2018 21:14 Aerossurance Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Nov-2018 21:15 Aerossurance Updated [Narrative]
19-Nov-2018 21:42 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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