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1993 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash

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rotor is broken and then remade by means of a disconnect coupling using two flanges. When the tail was last unfolded, the two flanges failed to mesh completely. It is hypothesized that the disconnection of the autopilot just prior the accident increased the stress on the tail section, triggering the failure. After the two-halves of the transmission train became decoupled, the tail rotor was not powered and ceased functioning. The crew then had no means to control the aircraft.
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For some time after the accident, all Westland Wessex in the United Kingdom were grounded for all but emergency use. The grounding was eventually lifted and Westland Wessex re-entered service. As of 2000, at least one of the four recommendations made by the military board of inquiry as a result of
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released a report in November 1995. The RAF investigators determined the loss of power on the tail rotor to have been caused by two toothed flanges in the tail boom failing to engage properly. The tail of the Westland Wessex can be folded for storage and transport. The shaft that drives the tail
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failure simulation. However, the aircraft encountered a genuine emergency when it lost the drive to its tail rotor. Without it to counteract the torque produced by the main rotor, the helicopter became uncontrollable and started spinning before impacting the water. The crash was caught on amateur
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Several persons, including a canoeing monitor rushed to the crash site and rescued the survivors. The three remaining occupants of the helicopter were presumably trapped in the wreckage and drowned.
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training mission over North Wales. Aboard were three crewmembers and four Air Training Corps Cadets from Northern England. As they were flying over the lake, the pilot performed a planned
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A plaque has been placed near the crash site. A memorial service was held there in 2003, for the tenth anniversary of the tragedy.
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As the accident aircraft belonged to the RAF, the responsibility for investigating the crash lay not with the
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is powered by the main engine through a shaft that goes the length of the tail boom.
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The three crew and one cadet were able to escape the wreckage. She recounted:
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the crash (simulator training for a tail rotor failure) had been implemented.
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Beginning January 1996, a civilian inquest was also held in
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53°07′31″N 4°07′46″W / 53.12528°N 4.12944°W / 53.12528; -4.12944

Llyn Padarn
Westland Wessex
RAF
Registration
RAF
Westland Wessex
helicopter
Air Training Corps
tail rotor
Llyn Padarn
North Wales
RAF Valley
search and rescue
autopilot
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Ministry of Defence
Llandudno

tail rotor




Ministry of Defence
"Military Aircraft Accident Summary"


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