ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166622
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | NHI H-3 Kolibri |
| Owner/operator: | European Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | PH-NIW |
| MSN: | H.3011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Andrews, Fife -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | St. Andrews, Fife |
| Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Built at Papendrecht, Netherlands in 1958, and first civil registered in the Netherlands as PH-NIW on 25.4.59. UK civil registration G-APVB reserved in June 1959 for European Helicopters Ltd, Ipswich, Suffolk.
However, UK registration not taken up; still wearing Netherlands registration PH-NIW when written off (damaged beyond repair) when it crashed on 4.6.59 at St. Andrews, Fife, en route to Ipswich whilst on delivery flight.
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
2. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-89.html#post7605250
3. http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/ph.php
4. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/25270/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2014 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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