Accident Westland Sea King Mk50A N16-100,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 784
 
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Date:Saturday 2 April 2005
Time:19:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic S61 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Westland Sea King Mk50A
Owner/operator:Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
Registration: N16-100
MSN: WA788
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Tuindrao, Aman Draya, Nias Island -   Indonesia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:HMAS Kanimbla
Destination airport:Aman Draya
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Call sign "Shark 02", crashed during humanitarian support mission due to failure of the flight control system due to a maintenance error.

Sources:

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Nias_Island_WS-61_Sea_King_crash
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.defence.gov.au/sea_king_boi/]

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2008 10:00 ASN archive Added
23-Jan-2008 05:06 harro Updated
03-Jan-2010 09:54 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Jan-2010 10:33 TB Updated [Phase, Nature, Source]
05-Sep-2011 03:32 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
15-Jan-2013 11:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Narrative]
22-Jun-2013 16:52 TB Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Jun-2013 16:55 TB Updated [Narrative]
16-Aug-2014 20:02 Aerossurance Updated [Source, Narrative]

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