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agustawestland Merlin HM.1


c/n     50101


   

   

This model is a version of eh.101 merlin


1999 to 2004

   
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ID
    united kingdom ZH844
    Fleet Air Arm
50101/RN24. Crashed on an 824 NAS Observer instructor training sortie at RNASCuldrose (N50 05.05 W005 15.50) on Tuesday 30 March 2003 after failureof the tail rotor assembly.  Impacted ground at the edge of main runway with a high rate of yaw from 5 metre hover. No fatalities,1 major injury. Cat 5 damage to aircraft & engines (Beyondcost-effective repair)
    united kingdom ZH844
    Fleet Air Arm
2008 wreck at FSAIU (Yeovilton)
    united kingdom ZH844
    Fleet Air Arm
this aircraft did not crash at RNAS Culdrose, this one ditched in the Inner Sound between Applecross in Wester Ross and the island of Raasay, near Skye. its was ZH859 that had a heavy landing on the hardstanding outside 824 NAS, RNAS Culdrose



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