ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46367
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| Date: | Friday 2 April 1999 |
| Time: | 13:01 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350B |
| Owner/operator: | South West Helicopters |
| Registration: | ZK-HBH |
| MSN: | 1283 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rowallan Forest, Southland -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Clifden, NZ |
| Fiordland, NZ | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On Good Friday, 2 April 1999, Aerospatiale AS350B helicopter ZK-HBH was on a charter flight from Clifden, carrying a hunting party into Fiordland when some loss of control occurred. The helicopter collided with trees and the ground in the Rowallan Forest, Alton Valley, near Tuatapere, killing all five occupants.
On April 4, 1999, Police named those killed: they were Peter John Atkinson, 38, and his son Adam Atkinson, 15, both from Hawarden, William Peter Pickering, from Culverden, and pilot Trevor Charles Green, from Clifden. The fifth man was Michael Bell, a Christchurch man living in London and former New Zealand boxing champion.
The cause of the loss of control was not conclusively established, but the pilot's ability to control the helicopter may have been medically impaired by the sudden onset of a cardiac event. Safety issues identified include the need for a cargo restraint system for helicopter operations and the need for a passenger list system for helicopter operations.
Registration ZK-HBH formally cancelled 7 May 1999 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/Accident_Details.asp?Oc=99/768
2. http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/2335-nd-as350-westpac-nz-zk-hbh/
3. http://www.111emergency.co.nz/X-Z/ZK-HBH.htm
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=2328
5. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous1990s.htm
6. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.boxing/aqiyMDFZ7kM
7. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=251&count=50]
8. http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/nzs-southern-most-airline-part-2.html
9. http://www.taic.org.nz/ReportsandSafetyRecs/AviationReports/tabid/78/ctl/Detail/mid/482/InvNumber/1999-003/Page/13/language/en-US/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2014 19:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 06:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Feb-2022 09:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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