Helicopter Accidents Westland Wessex year 1981

Year 1981 accidents

List of helicopter accidents

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Year	Version	C/N
1981	has.1	wa 31	XM872 : To Westland early 1966 for conv to HAS.3, completed mid 1967. 706Sq/569-CU by summer 1967, RNAY Wroughton by Feb 1973, 737 Sq/662-PO by Jan 1976, w/o 11 Mar 1981 with 737 Sq when ditched off Portland, following an engine fire.
1981	has.1	wa 69	XP118 : noted on a lorry in Plymouth 22 Jun 1982, heading for Predannack (?)
1981	hc.2	wa134	XR509 : to Benson for BDR training by Mar 1990
1981	hu.5	wa270	XT448 : On a flight between NAS Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune while with 845Sq /S on HMS Hermes, a section of tail rotor failed and the airframe ditched and sank.
1981	mk.60	wa199	VR-BDS : Westland Wessex Mk.60, c/n WA199, first delivered to Bristow Helicopters Ltd. in England as G-ASWI, 1964; displayed as H.84 at Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 01Jun67; lsd Helicopter Rentals, Bermuda as VR-BDS, unk; rtnd Bristow as G-ASWI, unk; CofA canx, 1981.

5 C/N found.