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| Date: | Tuesday 25 March 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Wasp HAS.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 829 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XT439 |
| MSN: | F.9609 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Merryfield, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGDY) |
| Merryfield, Somerset (EGDW) |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25-3-1986: a rapid recovery from a nose pitch down position caused the main rotor blades to sever the tail rotor drive shaft. It crash-landed Merryfield, Somerset and rolled onto its side injuring both crew. To ground instruction at Cranfield Institute of Technology from 22-1-1987.
Moved on to Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire in December 1995. Thence to Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (by road) 10-5-2002
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1986.htm
2. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/213/
3. http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=1610
4. Ellis, Ken (2008). Wrecks and Relics. Manchester: Crecy Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85979-134-2.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2013 19:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Feb-2014 16:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-Oct-2014 21:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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