ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78713
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| Date: | Thursday 14 October 2010 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22B |
| Owner/operator: | A D & G D Munro Syndicate, Winton |
| Registration: | ZK-HIP |
| MSN: | 1804 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Colyers Island, Southland -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bluff Harbour, Southland |
| Bluff Harbour, Southland | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
ZK-HIP (2nd) c/n 1804, was a 1991 production machine, initially registered in the USA as N4076J. It was registered in NZ on 03-11-1993 to Opotiki Helicpters and then pased through Ashworth Helicopters at Gisborne from January 1995; then to Skidmark Helicopters at Opotiki from September of 1999. In August of 2004 it went down to High Country Helicopters Ltd/Argyle Station near Waikaia., then to Rowberry Farm Ltd at Wanaka in May of 2008, and finally to Allan Munro of Hillpoint Station, near Winton from 03-09-2009
Written off (destroyed) 14-10-2010 when crashed 2 km South East of Colyers Island, Bluff Harbour, Southland, killing both persons on board. A search was initiated at 2:15 pm when a Robinson R22 carrying an instructor and another pilot was declared overdue. The last communication with the missing aircraft was at 1:30 pm. No distress message was heard and no ELT signal detected.
Jason Wright (29) instructor-pilot and Chief Executive of Stewart Island Helicopters were on a training flight with pupil helicopter pilot Allan Munro (67) when the helicopter went missing.
The submerged wreckage of the missing aircraft was located in Bluff Harbour at about noon on 15-10-2010. The body of the instructor was found on the beach of an islet nearby and the pupil pilot was found in the helicopter.
The engine was not producing power at the time of the impact and the rotors had no appreciable energy. NZCAA conclude that it is likely that the student pilot mishandled the entry into an autorotation allowing low NR to develop, with insufficient time for the instructor to intervene before the rotor RPM became irrecoverable.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680572
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20101020135300/http://tvnz.co.nz:80/national-news/families-missing-helicopter-men-hopeful-3836519
3. http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4239970/Chopper-down
4. http://www.caa.govt.nz/Accidents_and_Incidents/Accident_Reports/ZK-HIP_Fatal.pdf
5. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680798
6. http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2010/10/robinson-r22-beta-zk-hip.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2010 04:06 | angels one five | Added |
| 14-Oct-2010 04:08 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2010 19:27 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2010 21:21 | angels one five | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2010 10:56 | flyernzl | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 15-Oct-2010 14:35 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2014 12:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2018 20:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2022 17:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Feb-2022 10:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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