Kiowa 891 crashed near Sunday Island, Western Australia while recovering one of the HMAS Moresby’s crew from the top of a cliff. The man jumped aboard the helicopter which then became unbalanced and its rotors struck the cliff face causing the helicopter to crash at the base of the cliff. The aircrew (Lieutenant Neil Jackson and Aircrewman Anthony Mason) and the passenger survived but the helicopter was destroyed and was swept away by the tide and subsequently located nearly 25km away in Cygnet Bay It was later replaced by a Kiowa transferred from the army.
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1977
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