Helicopter Accidents

Year 1982 accidents

Westland Sea King Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1982	has.1	wa 669	XV698 : w/o 11 Jul 1982 ditched and sank while operating from RFA Fort Grange following dual engine failure during a 25m hover.
1982	has.2	wa 841	XZ573 : w/o 17may72 lost off HMS Hermes. The crew were rescued and she was sunk by RN gunfire. The cause is recorded as "unserviceable Radar Altimeter" which is believed to be a euphemism for the wrong Range Computer being fitted to the Transmitter/Receiver (i.e. card #6 missing), which would (in an RN Sea King) lead to the Indicators reading 10 times the actual range (in this case, height above sea level).
1982	has.5	wa 893	ZA132 : noted as 826Sq/134 on 11 Mar 1982, en route Portsmouth
1982	hc.4	wa 904	ZA290 : destroyed by crew on beach, during Operation Plum Duff after airframe demonstrated its seaworthiness by refusing to sink in the bay.
1982	hc.4	wa 908	ZA294 : 846 Sq/VT, part of disembarking shuttle from HMS Invincible on 10 Dec 1981
1982	hc.4	wa 915	ZA311 : dd 2 Dec 1981, 846Sq/VP-VL by Jan 1982, to HMS Hermes. Ditched and sank in poor visibility in S Atlantic on 23 Apr 1982, while operating from HMS Hermes.