ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173971
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Date: | Thursday 19 February 2015 |
Time: | 02:44 UTC |
Type: | Robinson R44 Raven II |
Owner/operator: | Over The Top Helicopters Ltd |
Registration: | ZK-IPY |
MSN: | 10555 |
Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Queenstown, Otago -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Queenstown (ZQN/NZQN) |
Destination airport: | Queenstown (ZQN/NZQN) |
Investigating agency: | TAIC |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On 19 February 2015 a Robinson R44 helicopter registered ZK-IPY was returning to Queenstown from a training flight when it suffered a mast bump and crashed in bush near the Lochy River. The instructor and student on board were killed.
The cause of the mast bump and resulting in-flight break-up could not be conclusively determined.
After publication of the final report, the Commission was advised of new evidence concerning the mental health of the instructor prior to the crash, in 2014. On 28 September 2016 the Commission resumed the inquiry to evaluate the new evidence.
The Commission concluded that it is very unlikely that any medical factor contributed to the accident. As a result, no changes were made to the original findings in the published report. The Commission made a further finding: that it is very likely that the instructor was medically fit to fly when his most recent medical certificate was issued.
The Commission also found that: there are currently too many ways for a holder of an aviation document to circumvent the civil aviation process designed to prevent pilots flying if they are not medically fit to do so; and that there is currently a low awareness amongst medical practitioners of their duty to report to the Civil Aviation Authority if they become aware that a pilot has developed a medical condition that would otherwise render them unfit to fly.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TAIC |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
skins/taicAviation/skin_aviation]TAIC Final report https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/83551397/investigation-finds-no-clear-reason-for-helicopter-crash-families-call-for-ban http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/local-men-named-queenstown-helicopter-crash-victims-6238577 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/66427851/owners-son-killed-in-queenstown-helicopter-crash NTSB
https://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/AirReg3_new.asp?Mark=ipy&Query3=Get+Reg+Mark http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000015298.html https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/80-helicopters-grounded-following-fatal-crash-photos-6239213.html Images:
Wanaka Dec2008
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angels one five |
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24-Jul-2017 08:22 |
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