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    Airframe Family: Saunders-Roe (Saro) P.531 / Westland Scout AH.1/Wasp HAS.1
    Latest Model:Wasp HAS.1
    Last Military Serial:XV639 RN
    Construction Number:F9734
    Last Civil Registration:N612VH
    Compressed ID:Westland Wasp HAS.1 sn XV639 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Classic Rotors Museum, Ramona Airport, Oceanside, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1969

    Constructed as a Wasp HAS.1 by Westland.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XV639.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Yeovilton.

    By October 1983

    Transferred to 829 NAS, RNAS Portland.
    Noted during a visit to RNAS Portland 14 October 1983.

    By October 1983

    Markings Applied: 612

    29 August 2006

    To Classic Rotors Museum, Ramona, CA with new c/r N612VH.

    Based at Classic Rotors Museum, Ramona Airport, Oceanside, CA.
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    30 September 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX612VH (WASP HAS MK1, F87411) issued.

    24 May 2007

    Crashed.
    There were three minor injuries. The accident occurred at Ramona, CA, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that during the flight a severe vibration began throughout the helicopter. The pilot was attempting to make a precautionary landing when the tail rotor stuck a tree. Maintenance personnel for the operator indicated that the vibration was due to a failure of one of the snubber dampeners on a main rotor blade.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 November 2010


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Preserved at the Classic Rotors Museum, Ramona, CA
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     European Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ian Carroll
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    National Transportation Safety Board
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