f/f 26/04/1972, d/d 1972, w/o 16/03/2002 when control was lost while on final approach to an Army watchtower on the top of a mountain near the village of Jonesborough, South Armagh, Northern Ireland close to the border with Eire. The helicopter went into a spin, possibly after tail rotor failure, and the pilot made am emergency landing on the slope of the mountain. It rolled onto its side causing the main rotor and the tail boom to detach. Eight of those on board were taken to hospital four of which received serious injuries. Two were stuck in the wreckage for two hours before being cut free. Remains to WHL Yeovil during 2005 for storage, sold 14/05/2007 through Whitham Special Vehicles Ltd, Colsterworth, then depated to the Netherlands |