• Aircraft:

  Bell 206L-1 LongRanger

• Reg: VH-TCH photos
• Serial #:

  45209

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Jan 26, 1983
• Uploaded: Sep 24, 2017
• Other Location - Canberra, ACT, Australia

Close-cropped Port side view of Channel Nine News Bell 206L-1 LongRanger VH-TCH Cn 45209 hovering at Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, ACT on 26Jan1983. The helo was covering Australia Day activities in Canberra that day. Sadly, this helicopter crashed at South Stradbroke Island Old, on 03Mar1991, with seven fatalities. The pilot was conducting a short joy-flight with six passengers from the Sea World complex. About 4 km north of the complex, the helicopter was seen to climb steeply in a near-vertical nose-high attitude. As the helicopter fell backwards from the nose-high attitude, the tail boom was severed by the main rotor blades. The cabin and the separated tail boom fell to ground on the ocean beach of South Stradbroke Island; The main body of the helicopter exploded and caught fire, scattering debris over a wide area. All seven occupants received fatal injuries. RIP.

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