ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46412
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| Date: | Saturday 3 January 2004 |
| Time: | 08:49 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-HNW |
| MSN: | 103-0531S |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Humboldt Creek, Mount Aspiring NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Missing 2004. Found 2012.
The helicopter was on a private tour of the South Island. After leaving Queenstown, bad weather meant that they spent the night at the Howden Hut on the Routeburn Track. They left the following morning, again in bad weather, and got to 8,500 feet over Lake Adelaide, about 10 nautical miles from Milford. They had a moving-map GPS, and the pilot communicated with Milford Flight Service about carrying out a GPS letdown into Milford Sound. The aircraft made no further contact.
The wreckage of the helicopter was found in November 2012, near the Humboldt Creek, Humboldt Mountains.
On Wednesday, 21st November, the wreckage of the missing aircraft was sighted, purely by chance, by the pilot of a tourist helicopter. The remains of the occupants were found at the crash site.
Sources:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/helicopter-wreckage-confirmed-2004-crash-5231311
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10849356
Images:
Tauranga 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Nov-2012 00:40 | flyernzl | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2012 00:40 | flyernzl | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 22-Nov-2012 01:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2012 11:26 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2019 08:09 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
| 04-Aug-2020 22:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2021 01:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Feb-2022 20:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn] |
| 04-Feb-2022 18:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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