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| Date: | Friday 20 June 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 (S-55T) |
| Owner/operator: | 705 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XL868 |
| MSN: | WA218 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Morvah, near St Ives, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall (EGDR) |
Written off 20/6/1969: Made a forced landing at Morvah, near St Ives, Cornwall after the engine failed due to loss of oil after a cap had not been fitted correctly. The starboard wheel fell into a disused mine shaft and the helicopter rolled onto its starboard side. The two crew escaped unhurt.
Allocated 18/7/1969 to ground instruction at RNAS Arbroath as Naval Ground Instructional airframe A2595.
Later struck off charge and sold for scrap. Photographed in In Shackleton's scrapyard, Siddal, Halifax, West Yorkshire, 8/10/1975
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1969.htm
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1246937/_
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26698/
4. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?36444-Scrapyard-Photos-Any-More&p=1698809
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morvah
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jul-2013 17:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Feb-2014 15:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
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