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Date: | Saturday 30 September 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | Helio H-295 Super Courier |
Owner/operator: | Crowley Airways |
Registration: | VH-UNF |
MSN: | 1207 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Derim, Morobe -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Derim, Papua New Guinea |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:VH-UNF was the second of two Super Couriers imported by Helicopter Utilities' parent company, Airfast in April 1966. This aircraft was formerly N6316V. It was seriously damaged on takeoff when it failed to maintain flying speed and stall/mushed to ground on 30 September 1972 at Derim, Papua New Guinea
destroyed reg cancelled 05/72
Sources:
1.
https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-256661.html the information below is incorrect and confused with Helio c/n 1210
2.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-UNF.html the info at this site is now correct
3.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1403283/ below was my post and it was incomplete
4.
http://flyhelio.com/smf/index.php?topic=279.25;wap2 the information below is now complete
5.http://flyhelio.com/smf/index.php?topic=926.msg4112#msg4112
Media:
VH-UNF at Sydney Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD/YSSY) New South Wales, April 9, 1971
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Dec-2010 12:38 |
TB |
Added |
15-Nov-2011 11:54 |
Anon. |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
03-Apr-2014 20:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
03-Apr-2014 21:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location] |
28-Jun-2017 19:02 |
Djohn |
Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Jul-2018 13:21 |
Pineapple |
Updated [Country] |
27-Jun-2023 18:39 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Country]] |