ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61890
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Date: | Tuesday 24 June 1975 |
Time: | 12:50 |
Type: | Hughes 269C |
Owner/operator: | South West Venison Packers Ltd |
Registration: | ZK-HFD |
MSN: | 122-0176 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Lake Brunner, West Coast -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Helicopter undergoing a test flight following the fitting of a new rotor blade. Crashed into 5 metres of water.
Pilot Reg Ellwood and engineer T Malqueen escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2. Press 25 June 1975
3. New Zealand Wings, August 1975.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 July 1973 |
ZK-HFD |
South West Venison Packers Ltd |
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Copland River, West Coast |
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unk |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
17-Jul-2020 05:20 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
20-Jul-2020 23:11 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
07-Feb-2022 04:04 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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