ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17318
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| Date: | Friday 5 May 1961 |
| Time: | 06:30 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-58C |
| Owner/operator: | Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-SHK |
| MSN: | 58-363 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Evere, Brussels -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
The helicopter was performing a test flight following maintenance, when it descended into the ground alongside the A0 (today: A201/RN22), on the grounds of the old Evere-Haren airfield (closed 1949) and caught fire. The pilot and an assistant sustained severe burns; the helicopter burnt out.
OO-SHK was involved in two prior accidents while in SABENA service, namely at Hürth, Germany on March 11th 1958; and at Glabbeek, Belgium on July 4th 1958.
Sources:
Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
https://www.sikos.com/
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 05.05.1961 - https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&query=helikopter&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2205-05-1961%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2210-05-1961%22%29&redirect=true&page=3&identifier=ddd:010678725:mpeg21:a0049&resultsidentifier=ddd:010678725:mpeg21:a0049&rowid=2
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 March 1958 | OO-SHK | Sabena | 0 | near Hürth |  |
sub |
| 4 July 1958 | OO-SHK | SABENA | 0 | Glabbeek | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jul-2010 02:31 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2010 02:37 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Aug-2010 04:58 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2013 14:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 16:15 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2022 01:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Jul-2023 05:39 | Anon | Updated [[Location]] |
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