Incident Hughes 369D D-HBIR,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184635
 
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Date:Thursday 1 February 1990
Time:09:08
Type:Silhouette image of generic H500 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hughes 369D
Owner/operator:Deutscher Helicopter Dienst (DHD)
Registration: D-HBIR
MSN: 790538D
Year of manufacture:1979
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Dahn -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Dahn
Destination airport:Dahn
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Control of the helicopter was lost at the start of a crop spreading run. The helicopter crashed and was destroyed. The accident was attributed to tail rotor failure due to a 'fatigue fracture of the tail rotor connection bolt'.

Sources:

1. WAAS
FUS-Hubschrauberstatistik 1973-1992
BUF 3X019-0/90
3. http://www.airframes.org/reg/dhbir

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Feb-2016 15:53 Dr.John Smith Added
19-Aug-2017 12:10 Aerossurance Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2018 12:22 TB Updated [Location]
25-Mar-2019 14:00 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Source]

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