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| Date: | Thursday 1 December 2011 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Westland Lynx AH7 |
| Owner/operator: | British Army Air Corps (AAC) |
| Registration: | XZ210 |
| MSN: | WA126 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tatenhausen, Halle (Westfalen) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gütersloh AB (ETUO) |
| Gütersloh AB (ETUO) |
Loosening of the retaining bolts on the No10 engine bearing resulted in failure of the free power turbine (FPT) drive arm and FPT overspeed / uncontained failure. Fire in the rear of the helicopter due to fuel leak from damage. Emergency landing in a field (Friedlandstrasse, Maschweg). The helicopter burned out.
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2011.htm
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/470599-lynx-crash-gutersloh-1-dec-2011-a.html
Service Inquiry Report - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-report-into-the-incident-involving-lynx-xz210-on-1-dec-11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2011 12:11 | aeronaut | Added |
| 02-Dec-2011 04:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2011 05:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2011 13:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 26-Jun-2012 03:36 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2012 03:38 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Sep-2013 09:28 | Chr. Hölscher | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Aug-2014 17:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 19-Aug-2014 18:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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