ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65677
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| Date: | Thursday 5 June 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 |
| Owner/operator: | Rent-a-Copter |
| Registration: | G-AVTG |
| MSN: | 10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Bourget Airport, Val d'Oise 95 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LBG/LFPB |
| LBG/LFPB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed at Le Bouget, France 5.6.69. Tragically, this is the craft which crashed so spectacularly at the 1969 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget on 5th June in which the craft's British pilot perished
The Hiller was flown by one of my RN instructors, Terry McDonald. Terry started as a RAF fixed wing pilot, moved on to fly a VC 10 for the Nigerian president at a time when they were being removed rather frequently. Terry used to joke " Whose the president today?". He then joined the RN to become a helicopter pilot, was a great character & good instructor.
Apparently the weather in Paris was very bad & while flying just below the low cloud base, something broke & the Hiller pitched upwards into the cloud & reappeared virtually upside down, crashed & killed him instantly. Hiller of course said it was pilot error & that Terry had lost it in cloud. Having had an instrument rating in both planks & helicopters for 20+ years, I highly doubt it. Very sad loss.
Registration belatedly cancelled by the CAA 23.2.73 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AVTG.pdf
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1350544/
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-79.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2009 22:42 | VHKDK | Added |
| 15-Jul-2012 14:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2016 18:37 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2016 10:20 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2016 19:56 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code] |
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