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| Date: | Thursday 26 July 1979 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Westland-Bell 47G-3B1 |
| Owner/operator: | Ahlener Agrarflug GmbH |
| Registration: | D-HMNI |
| MSN: | WA/703 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langenbeck/Ibbenbüren -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ibbenbüren |
| Ibbenbüren | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during emergency landing on a sportsfield due to fuel starvation and hydraulic failure. Pilot Klaus Beese (39) seriously injured.
Sources:
http://flugunfall-db.bfu-web.de/Statistik/FUS-Hubschrauberstatistik1973-1992.pdf
Borkener Zeitung 27 July 1979, p4 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2013 10:32 | TB | Added |
| 17-Jul-2025 15:30 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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