ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54540
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS350B Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Hele-Tranz |
| Registration: | ZK-HST |
| MSN: | 1625 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Poolburn, Central Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Otago, NZ |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was engaged in an aerial survey of Central Electric's distribution system. The pilot and technician conducting the survey, which utilised GPS equipment to pinpoint individual power pole positions, were accompanied by a line surveyor from the local electrical supply authority who acted as a guide and supplementary lookout. During the course of mapping a roadside 11kV line, the helicopter collided with the Roxburgh-Islington A 220kV line. The reactive forces of the rotor strike tore the transmission and engine from the airframe. The fuselage section of the helicopter came to rest inverted. The surveyor died in the impact sequence. The pilot and technician received serious injuries.
("Thumbnail" history: First registered in NZ as ZK-HST 8.12.82; crashed 7.7.92 as above. Registration cancelled as "written off" 23.2.93. However, rebuilt and re-registered as F-WQDG 30.8.97. French registration cancelled as "sold to Nepal", but instead registered in Australia as VH-FEK 2.12.97. Finally to Nepal 22.3.2000)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Aviation News
2. http://www.taic.org.nz/ReportsandSafetyRecs/AviationReports/tabid/78/ctl/Detail/mid/482/InvNumber/1992-013/Page/27/language/en-US/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=42878
4. http://www.caa.govt.nz/script/Aircraft_Hist_new.asp?Aircraft_ID=7431
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=601&count=50]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2008 12:08 | harro | Added |
| 01-Jul-2014 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2014 15:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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