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| Date: | Tuesday 10 December 1963 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Westland Wessex HAS1 (S-58T) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm |
| Registration: | XS117 |
| MSN: | WA/96 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nanga Gaat, Sarawak -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On the night of 9/10 December 1963, whilst parked on a slight slope, Monsoon rain eroded the surface and moved the helicopter down a hill. XS117 hit a tree stump which entered the engine air intake and buckled the engine support frames. An attempt was made to recover the Wessex by lifting it out with a Belvedere helicopter, but the suspended load became dangerously unstable and it had to be jettisoned.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1963.htm
2. https://www.pprune.org/6760841-post242.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Feb-2011 06:10 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 30-Sep-2011 20:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2012 01:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2012 11:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 21-Mar-2012 10:47 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Oct-2013 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2013 09:51 | TB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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