ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157724
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| Date: | Friday 17 May 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 (S-55T) |
| Owner/operator: | 771 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XL878 |
| MSN: | WA228 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Weymouth Pier, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Portland, Dorset |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 17/5/1968: Ditched into 20 feet of water in the English Channel off Weymouth Pier, Dorset due to insufficient power to maintain hovering. It sank but the three crew escaped safely. The helicopter was salvaged and, after investigation into the causes of the crash, struck off charge 23//1/1970.
The fuselage was burnt in a fire fighting/crash rescue demonstration at Fleetlands open day on 13/6/1970
Sources:
1. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26707/
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20130321095657/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com:80/dorset/dorcrash.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2013 06:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Feb-2014 14:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2019 21:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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