Bell 429 Global Ranger   msn: 57084

#084 / 5N-MDA, Nigeria Police, heavy landing near Bauchi State Airport.
The tail was chopped off, one of the main rotor blades was damaged.

Photo: DNBC, 26 January 2022.

#084 / 5N-MDA, Nigeria Police, captured at Redeemer University, Ede, Osun State.

Photo: Ede, 20 May 2016.

#084 / N466AB, captured shortly after the acceptance ceremony at Piney Flats, Tennessee.

Photo: Bell Helicopter, TN57, January 2013.

The first Bell 429 Global Ranger to be operated by the Nigerian National Police,
was airfreighted to Lagos, Nigeria in January 2013 together with a Bell 429 for NEMA.

Photo: Superspotter, DNMM, 17 January 2013.

 Airframe History:
 Date: Tailnumber: Owner / Operator:
 xxx 2012 C-GLVY  [test-regi]
 FEB 2012 C-GOJQ  Bell Helicopter Textron Canada,
 Montreal, Québec
 APR 2012 C-GOJQ  regi canx,
 exported to the USA
 APR 2012 N466AB  Bell Helicopter Textron,
 Fort Worth, Texas
 JAN 2013 N466AB  Africair Inc,
 Miami, Florida
 FEB 2013 N466AB  regi canx,
 exported to Nigeria
 JAN 2013 5N-MDA  National Police,
 Lagos, Nigeria
 JAN 2022 5N-MDA  Heavy landing, extensive damage,
 Bauchi airport, Nigeria
     

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