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| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III |
| Owner/operator: | Guyana Defence Force |
| Registration: | 8R-GEY |
| MSN: | 2085 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cheddi Jagan Int Airport, Timehri, Region 4 -
 Guyana
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed and caught fire at airport, after being hit by insecure matting on apron.
Sources:
1. http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/802/70/potential.pdf
2. http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/8r.php
3. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/units-user/guyana-df-air-command.htm
AFM April 2000, p73
4. Stabroek News, 22 February 2008
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Apr-2015 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Apr-2022 20:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Apr-2022 01:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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