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| Date: | Saturday 3 January 2004 |
| Time: | 08:49 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-HNW |
| MSN: | 103-0531S |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Humboldt Creek, Mount Aspiring NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter was on a private tour of the South Island. After leaving Queenstown, bad weather meant that they spent the night at the Howden Hut on the Routeburn Track. They left the following morning, again in bad weather, and got to 8,500 feet over Lak e Adelaide, about 10 nautical miles from Milford. They had a moving-map GPS, and the pilot communicated with Milford Flight Service about carrying out a GPS letdown into Milford Sound. The aircraft made no further contact and has not been recovered.
Sources:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/helicopter-wreckage-confirmed-2004-crash-5231311
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10849356
Images:
Tauranga 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Nov-2012 00:40 | flyernzl | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2012 00:40 | flyernzl | Updated |
| 22-Nov-2012 01:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2012 11:26 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Sep-2019 08:09 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 04-Aug-2020 22:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 01:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-Feb-2022 20:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 18:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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