Accident Westland Sea King HAS5 ZD635,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71527
 
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Date:Friday 21 June 1985
Time:10:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Sea King HAS5
Owner/operator:819 NAS FAA RN
Registration: ZD635
MSN: WA944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Spears Hill, near Tayport, Fife, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Dutch
Destination airport:RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ran out of fuel at 300ft and crashed. It was carrying an underlsung load from the Dutch ship HrMs Poolster to Leuchars following a two week exercise. The pilot was killed

Sources:

http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1985.htm has roughly the correct information. I was the second pilot.

Images:


At the crash site

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Jan-2010 11:00 TB Added
17-Jan-2010 11:22 TB Updated [Operator]
20-Jan-2010 02:40 TB Updated [Date]
05-Mar-2010 01:30 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
15-Jan-2013 10:24 Nepa Updated [Operator]
01-Mar-2013 13:41 mikect Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
22-Jun-2013 15:10 TB Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2015 11:04 Aerossurance Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
12-Jan-2016 11:18 Kraus Updated [Time, Operator]
30-Aug-2020 20:16 MiG15 Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]

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