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| Date: | Tuesday 29 September 2009 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HNJ |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fox Glacier -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Whilst on approach to land on the Fox Glacier neve at approximately 2 - 3 ft agl, the engine suffered a suspected compressor stall. The pilot elected to fly away into descending ground however in attempting to do so caught the right-hand skid of the heli copter in snow, causing the aircraft to roll over onto its right hand side.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 09/3721
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2025 18:12 | ASN | Added |
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