Incident Agusta-Bell AB 206 VH-BHW,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33706
 
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Date:Tuesday 7 March 1972
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B06 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Agusta-Bell AB 206
Owner/operator:Bristow Helicopters Ltd
Registration: VH-BHW
MSN: 8050
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mount Newman, WA -   Australia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ex-G-AWIM: civil registered as such 30/4/1968: cancelled as as "to Australia 7/6/1968". To VH-BHW in June 1968. Reverted to UK registration as G-AWIM 26/6/1968, but became VH-BHW again for the second and final time 9/8/1968.

Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) when crashed at Mount Newman, Western Australia on 7/3/1972

Sources:

1. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/RyePeter/6337.htm
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWIM.pdf
3. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-47.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20130407091557/http://www.rotorspot.nl/vh.htm
5. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-44.html#post6763056

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
05-Nov-2011 07:48 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
12-Apr-2014 00:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
23-Apr-2014 16:22 Dr. John Smith Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative]
07-Jun-2022 20:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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