Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
According to this
Independent story ZF644 (PP4) was flying at 12000 feet;
ASN states 3 bailed out at c.10,000ft and Capt Dickens at 1,200'. Accident caused by a sub-standard component in the tail rotor pitch control system .
There was a fascinating first-hand article, with accounts by all 4 crew, in Cockpit soon afterwards. Tried searching just now with no luck. I visited Westland a couple of weeks after the incident and had been due to fly the aircraft, but an embargo was put on none-Westland crews being on board, so we stuck to the sim!