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| Date: | Friday 15 November 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell-Garlick UH-1H Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | GBR - Great Barrier Reef Helicopters |
| Registration: | VH-UHX |
| MSN: | 4572 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Tully Aerodrome, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tully Aerodrome (YTUY) |
| Cairns Airport, QLD (CNS/YBCS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Bell-Garlick UH-H Iroquois was apparently engaged in an aerial lift of possible tractor machinery which may have become tangled with trees.
It is reported the pilot landed an uncoupled the load and flew the helicopter back to Cairns.
It is rumoured at the time there was damage to the structure in the vicinity of the lift.
Sources:
Safety report, Eye witness to the sling operation.
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/50740/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 2022 | VH-UHX | Richmond Valley Aviation | 1 | near Pipers Brook, Lebrina, TAS | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2019 13:39 | Petropavlovsk | Added |
| 23-Nov-2019 15:53 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 24-Nov-2019 21:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2022 10:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Nov-2023 09:56 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Damage, ] |
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