ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48767
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| Date: | 07-APR-1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  EH Industries EH101 |
| Owner/operator: | Westland Helicopters |
| Registration: | ZF644 |
| MSN: | PP4/50004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Yarcombe, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Yeovil, Somerset |
| Yeovil, Somerset | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Encountered problems at around 12,000 feet. All crew members bailed out. Three of the crew left the EH 101 at about 10,000 feet, while the pilot only bailed out at 1,200 feet, having first tried to ensure that the helicopter would crash in clear ground. The aircraft crashed into a field close to the A303 Exeter-London road. Accident caused by a sub-standard component in the tail rotor pitch control system
ZF644 had flown 385 sorties, totalling 463 hours. After the loss of ZF644, ZF649 (PP5) became the second RTM322 test bed.
Sources:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/crash-sets-back-eh101-tests-21895/
http://www.targetlock.org.uk/eh101/development.html
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1995.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2009 05:39 | TB | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2009 06:24 | TB | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2009 08:02 | TB | Updated |
| 15-May-2013 23:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2013 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 12-Oct-2014 18:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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