ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63059
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 April 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12B |
| Owner/operator: | Fison-Airwork Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APSL |
| MSN: | 555 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yolanda Farm, 36 miles from Santiago -
 Dominican Republic
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Built at Palo Alto, California 1954, and registered in the USA as N5300V. Sold to the UK, and re-registered 16.2.59 as G-APSL to Fison-Airwork Ltd., Bourn, Cambridgeshire. C of A issued 25.4.59, and dispatched to Central America for a crop spraying contract in May 1959.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19.4.60 caught fire in flight and caused a forced landing whilst spraying bananas at Yolanda Farm, 36 miles from Santiago, Dominican Republic. Registration G-APSL cancelled 7.6.60 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APSL.pdf
2. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419360-fison-airwork-helicopter-ops.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 26-Aug-2010 10:22 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities] |
| 26-Aug-2010 10:58 | TB | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2018 19:18 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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