ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138659
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| Date: | Friday 23 September 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Scout AH.1 |
| Owner/operator: | British Army Air Corps (AAC) |
| Registration: | XR598 |
| MSN: | F9520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bakalalan, Sarawak, Borneo -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 23/9/1966, XR598 was approaching to land at Bakalalan, Sarawak, Borneo, when its tail rotor struck a tree as the result of an uncontrollable yaw to the right. The tail rotor was broken off and the main rotor was damaged. The Scout crashed to the ground and two of the four occupants were injured.
The damaged aircraft was recovered by a Bristol Belvedere of 66 Sqn, and flown to Labuan as an underslung load.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1966.htm
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20140911010715/http://britains-smallwars.com:80/Borneo/borneo-aircraft.html
3. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/518134-rotary-nostalgia-contd.html
4. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JP8gdvJJMTY/Uc8JAuV4asI/AAAAAAAANuk/Qwkdd3b0MeI/w920-h664-no/Belvedere+with+XR598+Scout+en-route+to+Labuan.+1966.JPG
5. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MMbqBlrIFzg/Uc8JCcEJiRI/AAAAAAAANuM/khw5IgIvExE/w562-h762-no/Bit+late+on+the+round+out+Hoskins%2521+Engine+of+Scout+XR598.JPG
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2011 22:27 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 22:28 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 03:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 03:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2015 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 03-Jun-2015 15:34 | Oezil | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Dec-2016 20:03 | TB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
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