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| Date: | Thursday 3 October 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King HC4 |
| Owner/operator: | 845 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | ZE428 |
| MSN: | WA/955 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGVL) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGVL) |
| RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGVL) |
Hit ground tail first, when nose was raised too quickly on landing during take off from Runway 04 at RNAS Yeovilton. The helicopter remained upright but tail section was sheared off. Aircraft sent to Gosport 13/11/2013 for damage assessment; assessed as Cat.3 (Repairable). However, due to the impending Out of Service Date for the Sea King, ZE428 was later re-assessed as "damaged beyond economical repair", and transported by road to Eastleigh for scrapping by 30/08/2014
Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-accident-involving-sea-king-ze428-at-rnas-yeovilton
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=87600
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2013.htm
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/4968/
http://hampshireaviation.co.uk/index.php?topic=91.0
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=102803
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2014 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-May-2014 16:25 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2014 16:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Aug-2014 17:46 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 27-Sep-2015 20:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Sep-2015 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2015 18:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Aug-2020 20:22 | MiG15 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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