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| Date: | Saturday 11 February 2017 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 II |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HPC |
| MSN: | 10525 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tapanui -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During an agricultural operation, the pilot was spraying up and down a hillside. At the bottom of the hill the pilot performed a descending right hand turn towards rising ground. The aircraft was heavier than the pilot anticipated and started to sink t owards the hill. Unable to arrest the sink with collective the pilot jettisoned the remaining load and touched down with some forward speed. The aircraft skid caught on a waratah and rolled forward and over, down the hill.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 17/535
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 January 2015 | ZK-HPC | 0 | Waikaia, Southland | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2025 18:27 | ASN | Added |
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