ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139365
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| Date: | Saturday 26 May 1979 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Henderson Administration Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BGAM |
| MSN: | WA319/WA/N/10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loch Nevis, Lochaber -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mallaig |
| Lochaber | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bell 47G-3B-1 G-BGAM: Written off (destroyed) 26.5.1979 when crashed into Loch Nevis, Lochaber. One of the two persons on board were killed
THE A/C FLEW AT 400 FT OVER GLASSY WATER AND THEN ENTERED A 30 DEG.BANKED TURN.THE PILOT HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF STRIKING THE WATER.
CAA CLOSURE;THE PILOT SURMISED THAT THE PAX WAS ADVOCATING A SHORT CUT ACROSS THE LOCH AND TURNED TO REGAIN THE SHORE-LINE SINCE A WATER CROSSING WAS CONSIDERED UNWISE.THE PAX DROWNED WHILST SWIMMING.NO ACCIDENT CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. POSSIBLITIES ARE A TECHNICAL FAILURE OR INADVERTENT LOSS OF HEIGHT OVER GLASSY WATER
Registration G-BGAM cancelled as "destroyed" 15.1.1980. G-BGAM was ex-Army Air Corps Westland Sioux XT160, delivered 10.6.1965. Struck off charge and sold off to civilian ownership, being first registered 13.10.1978.
The Crash location of Loch Nevis is a sea loch in Lochaber on the west coast of Scotland. It runs inland from the Sound of Sleat, and is bounded on the north by the peninsula of Knoydart and on the south by North Morar.
Sources:
1. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14360
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BGAM.pdf
3. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/wb47.php
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1458
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XT
6. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/43912/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Nevis
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2011 09:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Jul-2022 15:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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