ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88935
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| Date: | 26-MAR-1994 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Lynx HAS3S |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm |
| Registration: | ZD567 |
| MSN: | 318 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Andros Island, Bahamas -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Argyll (F231) |
Practice for airshow planned for the following day. After a 360 wingover blades lost lift and crashed into the sea. Both occupants managed to depart aircraft and inflate lifejackets to be picked up by the HMS Argyll seaboat. Aircraft flotation bag burst causing the aircraf to sink in 1500 fathoms of water (9000ft or 2700m)
Sources:
Eye witness
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1994.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 11:25 | TB | Added |
| 11-Jan-2011 15:04 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 12-Jan-2011 04:32 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2011 04:29 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2011 02:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2012 12:24 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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