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| Date: | Friday 3 January 2003 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  KHI Kawasaki-Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HWE |
| MSN: | 6701 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Haast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot was practising engine-off landings from the hover, by rolling off throttle and cushioning the helicopter on to the ground by applying collective pitch. On one landing, a wind gust caused blade sailing while the rotor rpm was still low, and one b lade clipped the top of the tail boom, leaving a minor dent.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 03/69
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 2003 | ZK-HWE | 0 | Queenstown | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2025 18:12 | ASN | Added |
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