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Date: | Sunday 20 April 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell UH-1B Iroquois |
Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | A2-386 |
MSN: | 386 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Captains Flat, NSW -
Australia
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAAF Fairbairn |
Destination airport: | RAAF Fairbairn |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Aircraft suffered a main rotor separation after a "mast bumping" incident, similar to A2-719 only 3 months earlier and only 4.5 km away.
Sources:
Canberra Times, Thursday 3 April 1969, page 1
adf-serials.com.au
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Dec-2020 09:59 |
twosheds67 |
Added |
12-Dec-2020 21:03 |
twosheds67 |
Updated [Narrative] |
02-Jun-2023 06:55 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |