ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22568
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| Date: | Saturday 19 December 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Helicopter Wildlife Management |
| Registration: | N8694F |
| MSN: | 38-0275D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tiburón Island, Gulf of California -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Charred remnants of the Hughes 500 helicopter were spotted from the air, sprawled over a steep hillside on Tiburón Island in the northwestern Gulf of California. The three occupants all in their twenties were believed to have been rounding up bighorn sheep. Pilot Dan Innes.
Sources:
1. NZ trio feared dead in copter
2. Marion Day, 2016, Blood Brothers p.222, Halcyon Press
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2008 16:59 | Topaz | Added |
| 27-Feb-2022 02:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2023 11:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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