ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82729
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| Date: | Monday 4 July 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12A |
| Owner/operator: | Bristow Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APKX |
| MSN: | 337 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fullerton, near Chilbolton, 4 miles North of Andover, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-51-16177 (USAF), CF-HAP and N64C; first civil registered in the UK as G-APKX on 14.2.58 to Fison-Airwork Ltd, Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Re-registered 27.9.60 to Airwork (Helicopters) Ltd, Redhill, Surrey. Re-registered to Bristow Helicopters Ltd., Redhill, Surrey 19.7.61. Allocated to Middle Wallop, Hampshire for use on a contract to provide helicopter pilot training for The Army Air Corps
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.7.66 when crashed at Fullerton, Chilbolton, 4 miles north of Andover, Hampshire. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Liverpool Echo" - Monday 04 July 1966)
"HELICOPTER CRASHES
A helicopter from the Army School of Aviation at Middle Wallop, Hampshire, crashed in the Fullerton (Hants.) area to-day. It was being flown by a student pilot, who was taken to Tidworth Hospital with a broken leg."
Registration G-APKX cancelled by the CAA on 10.8.66 as aircraft "destroyed". Despite this, there is an entry on the FAA database (see link #8) which lists Hiller UH-12E N93219 (with the same MSN as G-APKX - 337) as being operated by Mountain Air Helicopters Inc of Albany, Oregon between 3 August 1976 and 2 May 2013. The same FAA database gives a manufactured date of "1972"; which suggests that if it is the same helicopter, it was extensively rebuilt in 1972-76.
The reported crash location of Fullerton is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village lies west to the River Test, just off the A3057 road. Its nearest town is Andover, which lies approximately 4.1 miles (6.7 km) north from the village although it lies closer to Stockbridge.
Sources:
1. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APKX-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APKX-2.pdf
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/287207-bristow-photos-111.html#post8230649
5. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15688.0
6. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/uh12.php
7. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
8. FAA: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N93219
9, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerton,_Hampshire
Media:
G-APKX in Panama in 1958
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2010 03:57 | VHKDK | Added |
| 03-Jun-2012 06:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2012 04:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2014 08:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2014 08:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source] |
| 24-May-2014 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2014 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 22-Feb-2020 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2022 17:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 06-Aug-2022 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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