Westland Wessex    First flight: 1958  2 Turboprop engines

130 occurrences in the ASN safety database
103 fatalities

acc. date	type	reg.	operator	fat.	location		dmg
22 May 1980	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT763	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	Weymouth Bay, Dorset		w/o
4 Jun 1980	Westland Wessex 60 (S-58T)	5N-AJP	Bristow Helicopters (BHL) Nigeria	11	off Nigeria		w/o
27 Jun 1980	Westland Wessex HAS3 (S-58T)	XP156	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	3	16 mi off Portland Bill, Dorset		w/o
11 Mar 1981	Westland Wessex HAS3 (S-58T)	XM872	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	6 mi E of Portland, Dorset		w/o
15 Jul 1981	Westland Wessex HAS3 (S-58T)	XP118	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	15 mi S of Portland, Dorset		w/o
13 Aug 1981	Westland Wessex 60 (S-58T)	G-ASWI	Bristow Helicopters	13	North Sea, off Happisburgh, 12 miles ENE of Bacton, Norfolk		w/o
6 Oct 1981	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XR509	Royal Air Force (RAF)	0	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (BEX/EGUB) England		w/o
7 Oct 1981	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT448	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	off Savannah, GA		w/o
22 Apr 1982	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT464	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia		w/o
22 Apr 1982	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT473	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	Fortuna Glacier, South Georgia		w/o
25 May 1982	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XS480	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	90 mi NE of Port Stanley		w/o
12 Jun 1982	Westland Wessex HAS3 (S-58T)	XM837	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	16,5 mi NE of Lively Island		w/o
29 Jun 1982	Westland Wessex HAS1 (S-58T)	XM330	Royal Air Force (RAF)	0	RAE Farnborough, Hants		w/o
4 Dec 1983	Westland Wessex HAS31 (S-58T)	N7-215	Royal Australian Navy (RAN)	2	Bass Strait, near East Sale, VIC		w/o
7 Dec 1983	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT459	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	near Setermoen, Troms		w/o
3 Dec 1984	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT767	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	1	Portland, Dorset		w/o
25 Oct 1985	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XT669	Royal Air Force (RAF)	1	near Forkhill, Northern Ireland		w/o
3 Nov 1985	Westland Wessex HAS31 (S-58T)	N7-220	Royal Australian Navy (RAN)	0	Shoalhaven Bight, NSW		w/o
5 Nov 1986	Westland Wessex HC5C (S-58T)	XS518	Royal Air Force (RAF)	3	3 mi E of RAF Akrotiri		w/o
1 Feb 1987	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XT674	Royal Air Force (RAF)	1	Ben More, Crianlarich, Scotland		w/o
31 May 1987	Westland Wessex HAS31 (S-58T)	N7-209	Royal Australian Navy (RAN)	0	off Bondi, NSW		w/o
16 Oct 1987	Westland Wessex HU5 (S-58T)	XT461	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	0	0,5 mi SE of Rinsey Head, Cornwall		w/o
8 Aug 1989	Westland Wessex HAS31 (S-58T)	N7-202	Royal Australian Navy (RAN)	0	off Darwin, NT		w/o
30 Oct 1989	Westland Wessex HAS31 (S-58T)	N7-218	Royal Australian Navy (RAN)	0	180 mi NW of Surabaya		w/o
27 Apr 1990	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XV719	Royal Air Force (RAF)	0	Bishop's Court, Northern Ireland		w/o
7 Dec 1990	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XR519	Royal Air Force (RAF)	0	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire		w/o
12 Aug 1993	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XR524	22 Sqn RAF	3	Llyn Padarn, Llanberis Gwynedd		w/o
17 Sep 1993	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	XT667	Royal Air Force (RAF)	0	South China Sea off Hong Kong		w/o
12 Feb 2001	Westland Wessex HU Mk 5C (S-58T)	ZK-HVK	Metro Air (NZ)	1	15 km SW of Motueka, Nelson		w/o
2 Mar 2001	Westland Wessex HC2 (S-58T)	083	Aviación Naval Uruguaya (ANU)	1	off Cabo Polonia, Rocha		w/o