ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61336
Last updated: 30 October 2020
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| Date: | 18-JAN-1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | P M Bradley |
| Registration: | ZK-HFZ |
| C/n / msn: | 23-0188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Rotorua Airport -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
While chasing a deer near Rotorua Airport, the deer struck a skid of the helicopter, causing the tail rotor to hit the ground. No reports of injury to either pilot or deer!
Pilot Armin Egli.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aviation Historical society of New Zealand: Newsletter 1979 No 6.
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 May 1979 | ZK-HFZ | P M Bradley | near Murupara |  |
unk | |
| 5 Apr 1980 | ZK-HFZ | P M Bradley | 0 | near Wairoa | |
unk |
| 24 Sep 1980 | ZK-HFZ | P M Bradley | Motu River | |
unk | |
| 1 Sep 1984 | ZK-HFZ | Heli Hunt & Fish Ltd | 0 | Wairata, Waioeka Gorge | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Jul-2010 21:53 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 15-May-2018 13:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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