Bell 427   msn: 56027

# 027 / N926MF, captured at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Photo: Jose Francisco Diaz Mellado, MDSD, 18 March 2010.

# 027 / N926MF, Around 07:00 AM the Bell 427 crashed just after take-off from El Higuero airport.
Both pilots where slightly injured. The airframe was damaged beyond repair.
Why the NTSB was not notified is unclear, there is no report in their database.

Photo: Santo Domingo, Sunday, 9 January 2011.

# 027 / N926MF, The remains of the airframe, lot #10652, available for parts recovery
at the Dodson scrapyard in Rantoul, Kansas.

Photo: Rantoul, 30 April 2013.

 Airframe History:
 Date: Tailnumber: Owner / Operator:
 xxx 2001 C-  Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
 [test-regi]
 JUN 2001 N4056Q  Bell Helicopter Textron Inc,
 Fort Worth, Texas
 xxx 2001 N4056Q  regi canx,
 to N926MF
 FEB 2002 N926MF  Air Caribbean Transport Inc,
 Hialeah, Miami, Florida
 xxx 20xx N926MF  Miguel Vargas,
 Dominican Republic
 JAN 2011 N926MF  crashed near El Higuero airport,
 extensive damage to airframe.
 JUL 2012 N926MF  Dodson International Parts Inc,
 Rantoul, Kansas
     

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