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| Date: | Wednesday 22 April 1959 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12C |
| Owner/operator: | Fison-Airwork |
| Registration: | G-APNI |
| MSN: | 1039 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Puerto Armuelles -
 Panama
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on take off while undertaking a crop spraying/top dressing operation at Finca (Farm) Maria, Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Cause of crash attributed to the failure of a tail rotor drive shaft. UK registration G-APNI formaly cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" 12-10-1959
Sources:
1. CAA: http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APNI.pdf
2. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/287207-bristow-photos-111.html#post8230649
Images:
Taken at the time of the accident at the Farm Maria Puerto Armuelles Panama
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 26-May-2014 01:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2014 01:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2015 21:36 | TB | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2016 18:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2018 19:17 | JPridie | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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