Bell-47 G-ATSH helicopter near Old Malton.
Bell 47D G-ATSH.
On 21st July 1966 this helicopter was being used for crop spraying in the Malton area, the aircraft was loaded with
spray and pre-flight checks carried out, the pilot then took off and climbed to around 200 feet. He then descended towards the
crop to be sprayed, when at a height of about five feet the engine cut out. The pilot tried a landing but as the skids caught the
corn (and possibly a fence) and the helicopter overturned damaging it. The pilot escaped injury but the aircraft was badly damaged. It was owned by Farmair Linited at the time of the accident.
Pilot - Name unknown. He was a very experienced pilot with over 8000 hours flying to his name, 4000 of which being on this
type of helicopter.
The helicopter was repaired and later written off in a crash near Cranbrook, Kent on 11th June 1971. It
had possibly been used in the making of and appeared in the television series "“The Prisoner” and registered as N237B.