XZ640 - Army Air Corps (Lynx AH.1)

Photo of aircraft XZ640 operated by Army Air Corps

Photo by david2757

Aircraft Details

Frame Details
Serial000171
Line Number
First Flight07.05.80
ModelLynx AH.1
StatusWritten-off
Commentsw/o 17.09.86 when crashed in Pyrénées after suffering turbulence at high altitude on flight from Faillagouse Aviation Mountain Training School. The a/c was on a training exercise manoeuvring over rocky terrain when the tail rotor clipped an outcrop of rock. The loss of control resulted in the aircraft falling near-vertically down a mountain gulley before being destroyed in a post-crash fire.
  Reg Airline Delivered Status
Not Seen It! XZ640 Army Air Corps 04.06.80 Written-off

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SIGHTINGS

Sighting Details Image
07/07/1984 - EGVP - dabchick
06/07/1984 - EGVP - david2757
MIDDLE WALLOP AIRSHOW 1984
23/07/1983 - EGVI - LIN104
AH.1, LCF/L
23/07/1983 - EGVI - spotter1
Lynx AH.1, LCF "L"
22/07/1983 - EWY - arthur7273@gmail.com
12/03/1983 - EGVP - salamanca1984
31/07/1982 - EGDY - Oiram
27/07/1982 - EGVP - colin woods
25/07/1982 - EGVP - saxonms
24/07/1982 - EGVP - Hitman69
24/07/1982 - EGVP - gazac
23/07/1982 - EGVP - Warthog1
'L' Lynx Cnv Flt