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| Date: | Saturday 17 November 2007 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HDB |
| MSN: | 3306 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Haupiri -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Collective lock not applied, and failure of factory friction nut, allowed collective lever to rise, and the machine flew unattended before crashing.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 07/4122
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 July 2002 | ZK-HDB | Helicopters New Zealand Ltd | 0 | Mount White Station, Canterbury | |
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| 03-May-2025 18:26 | ASN | Added |
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