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| Date: | Thursday 9 August 2012 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS 350BA |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HKU |
| MSN: | 1132 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Minaret Peak -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot had vacated the idling helicopter, and had spent five minutes unloading and setting up the pick-up point. The rotor blades were seen to begin oscillating, striking the tail boom and the ground beside the helicopter.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 12/3419
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 July 1990 | N3598F | Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. | 0 | Berwick, LA |  |
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| 19 April 1998 | ZK-HKU | Skyline Skyrides heliport, Rotorua | |
unk | ||
| 10 February 2000 | ZK-HKV | Marine Helicopters Ltd. | 1 | Tapora, Northland | |
w/o |
| 11 November 2005 | ZK-HKU | 0 | CHCH Show Grounds | |
sub | |
| 21 November 2015 | ZK-HKU | Fox and Franz Heli Services | 7 | Fox Glacier, Westland NP | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2025 17:11 | ASN | Added |
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