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| Date: | Friday 21 June 1985 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Westland Sea King HAS5 |
| Owner/operator: | 819 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | ZD635 |
| MSN: | WA944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spears Hill, near Tayport, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dutch |
| RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Ran out of fuel at 300ft and crashed. It was carrying an underlsung load from the Dutch ship HrMs Poolster to Leuchars following a two week exercise. The pilot was killed
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1985.htm has roughly the correct information. I was the second pilot.
Images:
At the crash site
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jan-2010 11:00 | TB | Added |
| 17-Jan-2010 11:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Jan-2010 02:40 | TB | Updated [Date, ] |
| 05-Mar-2010 01:30 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2013 10:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Mar-2013 13:41 | mikect | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 22-Jun-2013 15:10 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2015 11:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jan-2016 11:18 | Kraus | Updated [Time, Operator, ] |
| 30-Aug-2020 20:16 | MiG15 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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