ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157791
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 October 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 (S-55T) |
| Owner/operator: | 771 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | XM665 |
| MSN: | WA256 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | White Horse Hill, Osmington, near Weymouth, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Portland, Dorset |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 9/10/1968: Force landed into a field at White Horse Hill, Osmington, near Weymouth, Dorset after the rotor blades went out of control, To Fleetlands for repair but never flew again. After storage at Culdrose and Wroughton it was Struck off charge on 16/12/1974 and sold.
Displayed at Thrope Park, Egham by 5/1975; to Chelsfield 1983 and Booker in 1984 before being sent to the Royal Australian Naval Air Museum at Nowra, NSW, in 4/1994
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1968.htm
2. XM665 at EGHH on 13/9/1991: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1149694/
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26720/
4. http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/files/2008/03/aircraft_crash-sites_at_sea_report.pdf
5. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=1186
6. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmington_White_Horse
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2013 01:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Jul-2013 01:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Jul-2013 12:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 26-Feb-2014 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Dec-2019 21:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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