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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:HU-1B-BF
    Last Military Serial:103 FAPan
    Construction Number:0213
    Last Civil Registration:N846MC
    Compressed ID:Bell HU-1B-BF sn 103 FAPan cn 0213...
    Latest Owner or Location:Agrotors, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-1B-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 60-3567.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Panamanian Air Force with s/n 103.

    To unknown owner with c/r TI-SPO.

    Circa 1984

    To Collier County Mosquito Control with new c/r N39137.

    29 September 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Naples Municipal, Florida

    9 July 1988

    To Agrotors Inc, Gettysburg, PA with new c/r N846MC.

    To Agrotors Inc, Gettysburg, PA with new c/r N846MC.

    Based at Agrotors, Gettysburg, PA.
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    By 12 October 1996

    To unknown owner with c/r N846MC.

    12 October 1996

    Crashed.
    There was one serious injury. The accident occurred at Bennettsville, SC, United States while maneuvering. The airframe was destroyed. The helicopter was being used on an aerial application flight when it collided with the ground. There were no reported eyewitnesses to the accident. Head injuries of the pilot prevented him from giving a full account of the accident...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 March 1997

    Civil registration, N846MC, cancelled.
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