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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 (S-55T) |
| Owner/operator: | 771 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XN259 |
| MSN: | WA271 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall |
| RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall |
Written off 26/7/1969: Suffered engine problems whilst hovering at Culdrose, Cornwall, and was damaged in the subsequent emergency landing. The three crew were unhurt.
Allocated on 13/11/1969 to ground instruction at Arbroath as Naval Instructional Airframe A2604. To RNAS Lee-on-Solent 1/9/1974 for further instructional use. To P&EE Foulness, Essex in 1979, and ended its days on the fire dump at London City airport (delivered 1990, scrapped 1997).
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1969.htm
2. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26735/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jul-2013 18:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Jul-2013 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jul-2013 06:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Feb-2014 15:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Feb-2020 09:20 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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