ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46329
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 March 2000 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350BA |
| Owner/operator: | New Zealand Heliwork (1998) Ltd. |
| Registration: | ZK-HWK |
| MSN: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mt Karioi, Waikato -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Raglan, Waitkato, NZ |
| Mount Karioi, Waikato, NZ | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was on a local charter flight from Raglan to Mount Karioi, carrying technicians to service telecommunications equipment located on the summit. It was being flown in conditions of reduced visibility resulting from local cloud when it collided with trees and the ground, killing all four occupants. The time of the accident and the detail of the flight path could not be conclusively established, but the pilot may have inadvertently lost visual reference with the surface in deteriorating visibility. A safety issue identified was the desirability of a less vulnerable ELT location in helicopters.
Registration ZK-HWK cancelled as "destroyed" 31.10.2000
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/Accident_Details.asp?Oc=00/597
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=2349
3. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKHVZ.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karioi
5. http://www.taic.org.nz/ReportsandSafetyRecs/AviationReports/tabid/78/ctl/Detail/mid/482/InvNumber/2000-003/Page/12/language/en-US/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
Media:
ZK-HWK at Hamilton (HLZ/NZHN) New Zealand, November 14, 1999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2010 03:26 | flyernzl | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase] |
| 09-Jul-2014 01:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 06:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Sep-2021 07:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Feb-2022 01:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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