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| Date: | Wednesday 28 June 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell AB 206 |
| Owner/operator: | Martin Butler Associates Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BIZB |
| MSN: | 8611 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Corfu -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Corfu, Greece | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in Corfu, Greece on 28/6/1989: STRUCK CLIFF FACE DURING LOW LEVEL FILMING. A/C DESTROYED. 1 FATALITY.
Details: A/C BEING FILMED FROM GROUND IN A SEQUENCE INVOLVING A LOW, CURVED FLIGHT PAST CAMERA POSITION. TOPOGRAPHY WAS SUCH THAT AN ESCAPE ROUTE WAS REQUIRED (EITHER RIGHT OUT TO SEA OR LEFT ALONG A NARROW GULLY). ON 1ST PASS PILOT ABORTED FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS & ON NEXT PASS APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL. A/C STRUCK VERTICAL WALL OF CLIFF & ROLLED DOWN HILL. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES & 1 OF 2 STUNTMEN ON BOARD KILLED. 1 PERSON ON GROUND ALSO INJURED. NO TECHNICAL FAULT FOUND TO ACCOUNT FOR LOSS OF CONTROL. PILOT UNABLE TO RECALL DETAILS OF ACCIDENT.
Registration G-BIZB cancelled by the CAA on 2/10/1989 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14586
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Nov-2012 16:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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