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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Bell 47 |
| Owner/operator: | Petroleum Helicopters |
| Registration: | N….. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilman Glacier, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Brady Glacier, AK |
Lost control in a downdraught and crashed into the glacier at 5800ft, survivors rescued after a week.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020662/1959-08-03/ed-1/seq-1/
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