ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55054
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| Date: | Monday 9 April 2001 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Westland Puma HC.1 (SA 330E) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | XW200 |
| MSN: | 1048/F9747 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kacanik -
 Kosovo
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | pick up point |
| Pristina, Kosovo | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Shortly after take-off after collecting the patrol the helicopter inadvertently entered cloud and the pilot elected to reduce height to attempt to regain visual contact with the ground.
However, the helicopter was now over a steep valley and descended some 1,200 feet until the pilot suddenly saw trees in front of him. He pitched the helicopter up 'sharply' and then leveled off. The helicopter then began to settle and struck trees on the valley side with little forward motion about 1,400 feet below the elevation of the pick up point. The flight had lasted about three minutes.
Sources:
1. http://mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9C917E52-F6DB-475D-AEB2-8ECE547B750D/0/maas01_03_puma_hc1_xw200_09apr01.pdf
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-2001.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2009 11:54 | harro | Updated |
| 24-Feb-2010 02:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 02-Jul-2011 00:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-Jan-2012 04:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 03-Jan-2012 04:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 04-Jun-2012 04:00 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2016 19:53 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 09-Dec-2016 23:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2017 13:55 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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