ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77728
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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Date:08-SEP-2010
Time:~4:45 pm.
Type:Silhouette image of generic H500 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Hughes 369D 500D
Operator:R M Cotton, Arrowtown
Registration: ZK-HOQ
C/n / msn: 70-0709D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Sea near Milford Sound, Fiordland. -   New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:Haast.
Destination airport:Haast.
Narrative:
The Hughes 500 was returning to its base in Haast after carrying out a survey of wild deer when the engine failed.
The pilot was able to make a successful ditching in the sea off the entrance to Milford Sound, and exit the aircraft.
He swam some 20 metres to a
rock and from there was later able to attract the attention of those on a passing fishing boat and be taken to safety.

Sources:



Ardmore 6 March 1981, when new

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Sep-2010 22:03 angels one five Added
09-Sep-2010 22:07 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
12-Sep-2010 02:24 flyernzl Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator]
13-Sep-2010 03:31 flyernzl Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator]]
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