Date:	Friday 28 July 1972
Time:
Type:	Hughes 369HS
Owner/operator:	Whirl-Wide Helicopters Ltd
Registration:	ZK-HDT
MSN:	70-0242S
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Blue Duck, Seaward Kaikoura Range -   New Zealand
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Ex-US Registry as N9695F; to New Zealand as ZK-HDT in 1971 (first Hughes 369 on New Zealand registry). Badly damaged 28-07-1972 when crashed at Blue Duck transmitter site, Seaward Kaikoura Range (south of Mount Patutu); pilot D Finlayson.

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/h500.html
3. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/h369hs.php
4. New Zealand Wings, November 1973

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


9 September 1973

ZK-HDT

Whirl-Wide Helicopters Ltd

1

Mt Winterslow, Canterbury

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2016 19:14	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
01-Jun-2018 19:25	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, ]
20-Jul-2020 20:04	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
01-Feb-2022 07:26	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]