ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62119
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| Date: | Monday 26 November 1973 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Whirl-Wide Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HDU |
| MSN: | 6786 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Oxford Forest, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Engaged in fire fighting at nearby Oxford Forest. Helicopter had taken off when the monsoon bucket hit a nearby fence. This caused the machine to pitch forwards to such an extent that the main rotor blades severed the tail boom. The machine then hit the ground and caught fire. Monsoon bucket operator Wayne Brian Randall died in the crash, pilot Murray Ronald George Smith died in hospital two days later. Mechanical failure could not be ruled out as a cause. First fatal accident involving aircraft at a vegetation fire in New Zealand. Accident location described as Little Malaya, Oxford.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
New Zealand Wings, September 1974
NZ MOT OAAI Aircraft Accident Report No 73-142
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Jun-2014 19:22 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2018 06:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2018 00:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-May-2018 06:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2018 05:36 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2020 00:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Oct-2021 19:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2023 14:30 | harro | Updated [[Location, Narrative]] |
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