ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139505
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| Date: | Thursday 25 June 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B-2 Sioux |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ3708 |
| MSN: | 6811 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lutu, Viti Levu -
 Fiji
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nadi Airport |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Damaged beyond repair, and consequently broken up for spares after a hard landing on June 25, 1981 near Lutu village, Fiji. This resulted from fuel exhaustion just before the final landing at Lutu after a day of short flights ferrying building materials to a different nearby village during Exercise Tropic 81. The 3 Squadron detachment was based at Nadi airport, Fiji.
Sources:
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/sioux.html
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//nz-serials/nz3701.shtml
https://web.archive.org/web/20130206000814/http://airforce.mil.nz/about-us/aircraft/sioux.htm
https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/?q=Tropic%2081
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 November 1983 | NZ3709 | 3 Sqn RNZAF | 0 | Waiouru, Whanganui |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2011 00:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Apr-2013 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2021 02:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 11-Mar-2022 08:13 | SeeNoEvil | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 11-Mar-2022 08:49 | SeeNoEvil | Updated [Source, Category] |
| 11-Mar-2022 09:43 | SeeNoEvil | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2022 19:17 | SeeNoEvil | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Category] |
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