ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140124
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| Date: | Monday 28 November 2011 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Canadian Home Rotors Safari |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | VH-ESG |
| MSN: | BB2074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ayr, SE of Townsville, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ayr Airport - YAYR |
| Ayr Airport - YAYR | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Canadian Home Rotors Safari home built experimental helicopter crashed in a cane field near Old Home Hill Road, Ayr, southeast of Townsville, north Queensland.
The pilot experienced a heart attack in flight.
Both occupants, a man and a woman, received serious injuries.
Sources:
https://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=690521&vId=
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/chopper-with-two-people-aboard-crashes-near-ayr/story-e6freuy9-1226208703253
http://www.news.com.au/chopper-with-two-people-aboard-crashes-near-ayr/story-e6freon6-1226208483793
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/11/28/286991_news.html
http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/000/298/298217.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2011 04:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Nov-2011 05:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2011 21:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2013 11:44 | SafariHelicopter | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2022 11:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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