Incident Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T) XS487,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90224
 
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Date:Wednesday 7 April 1965
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic WESX model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)
Owner/operator:Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
Registration: XS487
MSN: WA/161
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Imber, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Old Sarum
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed after struck a tree during night landing.

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1965.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Feb-2011 04:49 TB Added
29-Sep-2011 03:47 angels one five Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Sep-2011 03:48 angels one five Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]
29-Sep-2011 03:50 angels one five Updated [Nature]
02-Feb-2012 09:52 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source]
21-Mar-2012 11:53 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Sep-2013 03:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2013 19:22 TB Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2013 19:24 TB Updated [Location]

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