Helicopter Accidents

Year 1982 accidents

Westland Lynx Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1982	has.2	053	XZ242 : RN; 815Sqn w/o with HMS Coventry
1982	has.2	073	XZ247 : w/o , lost on fire on HMS Ambuscade (F172)
1982	has.2	088	XZ251 : 815Sq Ardent Flt/340-AD, w/o 21 May 1982 San Carlos Water, FI.
1982	has.2	163	XZ700 : 815Sq Newcastle Flt, lost when mv Atlantic Conveyor was hit by Exocet missile 25 May 1982. Ship subsequently sank under tow on 30 May.
1982	mk23	036	0735 : Lynx Mk23. ARA 3-H-42 then 3-H-142; 02apr82 first argentine aircraft to land on the Falklands/Malvinas after the amphibious assault; 15may82 (CC Perciacanto, TN Loubet, SS Gonzalez) emergency landing after mechanical failure on Type 42 Destroyer ARA Santisima Trinidad (D2) part of the Argentine carrier battlegroup; Recovered but not repair; hull last seen at Navy Museum (MUAN) in Bahia Blanca
1982	mk25	020	263 : 7 Sq, Static display at the Air Tattoo, 23 Jun 1979
1982	mk27	143	275 : NRN type SH-14B; 860sqn w/o 31mar82