Accident Westland Puma HC.1 (SA 330E) XW225,
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Date:Saturday 15 February 1997
Time:20:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PUMA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Puma HC.1 (SA 330E)
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force (RAF)
Registration: XW225
MSN: WA1170
Year of manufacture:1972
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Urspring -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Murnau am Staffelsee
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit trees during landing in snow fall using night vision goggles.

Sources:

1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1997.htm
2. Hamburger Abendblatt 17.2.1996
3. http://www.ukserials.com/pdflosses/maas_19970214_xw225.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Feb-2010 02:56 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
06-May-2011 14:14 TB Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Jul-2011 02:41 Dr.John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
04-Jun-2012 07:15 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
06-Dec-2016 23:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2017 13:37 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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