ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64754
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Date: | Monday 25 August 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Westland Sioux AH.1 |
Owner/operator: | ARWF, British Army Air Corps |
Registration: | XT509 |
MSN: | WA421 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Christchurch, Dorset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Four Sioux AH.1 aircraft of the AAC "Blue Eagles" aerobatic display team (Other team members were XT206, XW191 and XW192) were in a flat diamond formation during a display at Christchurch, Dorset. The rotors of XT509 and XW191 touched causing XT509 to lose a rotor. It plunged into the ground and caught fire killing the pilot. XW191 landed heavily and caught fire. The pilot received minor injuries
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1969.htm 2,
http://web.archive.org/web/20130717113810/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com:80/hancrash.html 3.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1160643/ 4.
http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?p=67815 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2011 16:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jul-2013 19:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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