Helicopter Accidents

Year 1964 accidents

Westland Whirlwind Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1964	har10	wa364	XP348 : w/o 03jun64 flew into the ground near Midhurst, Sussex suffering blade stall. This occurs when the ‘retreating’ blade stalls because the aircraft is travelling too fast causing insufficient airflow over the blade. The remedy is to slow down but in this case the pilot went into a dive to increase speed. Both crew were killed
1964	har10	wa385	XP397 : damaged tail rotor in forced landing, c 0.5nm N of RAF Gutersloh while with 230 Sq on 17 Aug 1964 and written off.
1964	har.2	wa106	XJ760 : while operating with 110 Sq, made a forced landing in jungle on 10 Sep 1964, on approach to Long Banga.
1964	har3	wa 63	XJ399 : tailboom noted on dump at RAE Farnborough (original or replacement ?) by Sep 1978.
1964	har.4	wa 49	XJ433 : ff: 18Feb55; del Royal Air Force as Whirlwind HAR.2, XJ433, 02Jun55; conv HAR.10, unk; w/o 20Feb64.
1964	has7	wa206	XL844 : ditched off HMS Centaur c 20nm NE of Tanjung Sedili off Malaysia east coast, on 3 Nov 1964 and w/o
1964	has7	wa207	XL845 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA207, ff: 13Feb58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL845, 27Feb58; w/o 08May64.
1964	has7	wa235	XL896 : By Aug 1962 to 846 Sq / P-A until c Dec 1962; Culdrose SAR Flt / 912-CU by May 1963, crashed 2 Jun 1964 nr Mullion; soc Jul 1964.
1964	has7	wa274	XN262 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA274, ff: 14Sep59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN262, 01Oct59; w/o 16May64.
1964	has7	wa280	XN300 : Oct 1963 to 846 NAS as /T-A at Sembawang; 14 Jul 1964 emergency landing after tail rotor failed, in shallow water on the Indonesian side of Sebatik Island; 20 Jul 1964 Demolished by a Royal Navy explosives team.
1964	srs.3	wa394	N-7008 : Marinha; Whirlwind WS-55 srs.1; w/o 17aug64