Life History.
Helicopter Accidents - Helicopter Database
I remembered this as part of Sabena stuff I sent to 'regle'.
OO-SHG : Sikorsky S-58C, c/n 58-324, ff?; del Sabena NV at the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. plant, Bridgeport, CT, 18Jul56; del by French aircraft carrier "Dixmude" at Algiers ferried Algiers-Oran-Alicante-Barcelona-Perpignan-Tours-Paris-Brussel (Capt. A.Vernieuwe), 14Sep56; arrived at Brussel-Groendreef, 04Oct56; registered OO-SHG (CofR 1091) Sabena NV, Brussel, 08Oct56; inaugural service to Paris-Issy (Capt. L.De Villenfagne), 03Mar57; tail broke off at Brussel in unknown circumstances, 17Aug57; evacuated personnel during fire in the control tower at Brussel-Zaventem (Capt. G.Tremerie), 04Nov57; incident, fell on its side, was repaired, 09Jul60; transferred to the Congo for operations in Katanga (KAT43, registration was not carried on the aircraft), 27Sep60; returned to Brussels, Dec62; modification work carried out by Sabena for sale to the Belgian Air Force, Jan63; cancelled from the Belgian Civil Register, 21Oct63; taken on charge Belgian Air Force, Heli Flight, Koksijde, call-sign B9/OT-ZKI, 21Oct63; del Heli Flight, Koksijde (Flight SRT - Short Range Transport) (tt 5057 hrs), Apr64; cat.5 - after only 5 months of service the aircraft experienced serious engine problems a few minutes after take-off from Koksijde. The aircraft made a heavy landing in the vicinity of the control tower. The damage was such that the aircraft was writen-off. Crew : Lt. Bawin, Vaandrig P.Segers, 1SM L.Janssens, 1SM Dekinder, all ok, 21Sep64; w/o, wreck transferred to Evere, 240964.