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Date: | Sunday 15 November 1970 |
Time: | c. 00:20 UTC |
Type: | Sikorsky S-61N-II |
Owner/operator: | British European Airways (BEA) Helicopters Ltd |
Registration: | G-ASNM |
MSN: | 61221 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | North Sea, ca 52 nm NE of Aberdeen -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Offshore |
Departure airport: | Aberdeen Airport, Dyce, Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) |
Destination airport: | Staflo Oil Rig, North Sea |
Investigating agency: | AIB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Ditched 15/11/1970; capsized and sank North Sea, ca 52 nautical miles north east of Aberdeen after loss of main gearbox oil lubrication and subsequent double engine failure. All three persons on board - named in the AAIB report as Captain David A.Creamer (pilot), Captain Keith E.N. Gregson (co-pilot) and one (un-named) passenger - were rescued by a passing ship, the m.v."Gripen", at 01:30am, after some two hours in the aircraft liferaft.
The S-61 sank at the location it was ditched and was not recovered; the registration G-ASNM was formally cancelled by the CAA on 15/11/1970 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AIB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. Aberdeen Press & Journal of 16 November 1970
2. AAIB:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f29ced915d137100040b/11-1971_G-ASNM.pdf 3. CAA:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ASNM.pdf 4.
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/21225/ 5.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160804050500/http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/images/Imagesfromthepast/Page05.html 6.
http://www.ashpole.org.uk/british-airways-helicopters-aberdeen-1967-1972/ 7.
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/203369/G-ASNM 8.
https://www.airteamimages.com/sikorsky-s-61_G-ASNM_bea---british-european-airways_85655_large.html 9.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-ASNM 10.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060029077 11.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/48898950656/ Media:
Sikorsky S-61N-II G-ASNM at Liverpool Airport, Speke, Liverpool 18 June 1964:
Sikorsky S-61N-II G-ASNM at Lands End (St. Just) Cornwall in 1968:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
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30-Dec-2009 08:22 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative] |
30-Dec-2009 11:55 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
11-Aug-2012 10:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2012 10:32 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2012 10:33 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
21-Dec-2012 10:33 |
TB |
Updated [[Source]] |
21-Dec-2012 10:34 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |
09-Jun-2013 01:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
12-Jun-2013 15:57 |
TB |
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18-Oct-2015 18:33 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2015 18:35 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2015 18:36 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
02-Oct-2020 15:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |