Date:	Tuesday 29 August 2000
Time:	09:30
Type:	Sikorsky S-55BT
Owner/operator:	BA & JC Emeny Helicopter Services
Registration:	ZK-HSC
MSN:	55-238
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Wanganui Airport, Whanganui -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Wanganui, NZ
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	CAA NZ
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
ZK-HSC was crashed and destroyed on August 29 2000. The accident occurred in daylight, at approximately 09:30 hours NZST, 15.5 km north-east of Wanganui Airport, at an elevation of 460 feet. Grid reference 260-S22-956452, latitude S 39° 52.8', longitude E 175° 10.2'

The helicopter was spraying liquid fertiliser on a farm property near Wanganui. When it did not return from its fifth sortie, the loader driver and farmer began a search. A column of smoke was seen leading them to the accident site, where they found the helicopter burnt out. The investigation disclosed no specific cause for the accident.

The pilot - the sole person on board - was killed. At the time of the crash, the S-55T had only been airborne for approximately two minutes, and had traveled only 1.5 miles from the takeoff point

1. Air International NOV 2000, p272
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=19066
3. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X21821&key=1
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.caa.govt.nz/Accidents_and_Incidents/Accident_Reports/ZK-HSC_Fatal_29Aug2000.pdf.]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
18-Jul-2010 10:57	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, ]
19-Jul-2010 03:03	TB	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
27-Sep-2013 16:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2022 07:17	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]