Aircraft Photo of 04457 | Boeing Vertol Hkp 4A | Sweden - Air Force | AirHistory.net #296255
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:04457
Military Code:97
Aircraft Original Type:Vertol 107
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing Vertol 107/H-46 Sea Knight
Aircraft Version:Boeing Vertol Hkp 4A
C/n (msn):407
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
Unit Markings:F17
Location
City / Airport:Ängelholm / HelsingborgMap
Country:Sweden
Airport Codes:ICAO: ESTA   IATA: AGH   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Flygdag 50 år F10 1990
 
Photo Date:10 June 1990
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 296255
Photo Comment

Swedish Frog at Angelholm in 1990. The Flygvapnet, Swedish Air Force procured ten Boeing Vertol UH-46Bs from the US in 1963, designated Hkp4A. Ten years later, in 1973, a further eight Kawasaki-built KV107s, designated Hkp4B were purchased. On the picture a Hkp4A, which was eventually sold to the US as N196CH and used by Columbia Helicopters from October 1991. Unfortunately, the Frog was written off on 4 October 1996 in Canby (OR) due to faulty maintenance procedures on flight control system, resulting in three fatalities.

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