Date:	Tuesday 30 April 2002
Time:	16:30
Type:	Hughes 369D
Owner/operator:	New Zealand Helicopters
Registration:	ZK-HRV
MSN:	1192D
Year of manufacture:	1982
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rerewhakaaitu, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Mount Tarawera
Destination airport:	Rotorua
Investigating agency:	TAIC
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
On scenic passenger flight when engine trouble arose. Before the pilot could land the helicopter, the engine failed and he was forced to make an auto-rotational landing on rough farmland, 6nm southwest of the mountain. The helicopter rolled over but none of the 4 occupants was injured in the accident.

The engine failed from oil starvation, following a fracture of a fitting in the oil line to the torque gauge.

1. https://taic.org.nz/inquiries?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
2. Air International July 2002, p19
3. www.taic.org.nz/inquiry/ao-2002-005

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Aug-2014 06:23	Aerossurance	Added
17-Oct-2018 13:46	TB	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Oct-2018 13:46	TB	Updated [Damage, ]
05-Aug-2020 02:15	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Sep-2021 13:51	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]