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| Date: | Sunday 25 January 2009 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Schweizer 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Heliflight |
| Registration: | ZK-HVX |
| MSN: | S0054 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waitakaruru, Waikato -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter crash landed in dense mangrove swamp on the Firth of Thames. The male pilot received a cut to his head, his girlfriend the passenger an ankle wound. Two Heliflight staff flew to the site and dropped the pair a supply pack. They walked out of the swamp, before another helicopter airlifted them approximately 5km to the Hauraki Rugby Clubrooms and a waiting ambulance.
Sources:
1. Helicopter to be winched from swamp
2. Two people survive Thames helicopter crash
3. Crashed helicopter to be removed from site, Waikato Times
4. Close shave as chopper hits swamp, Waikato Times
5. CAA Aircraft Accidents Registered Between: 27-Jan-2009 and 02-Feb-2009
6. CAA Aircraft Registration Mark History for "HVX"
Images:
at Ardmore 12Jun2008
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2009 22:39 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Jan-2009 21:08 | XLerate | Updated |
| 26-Jan-2009 21:02 | slowkid | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2009 01:09 | XLerate | Updated |
| 21-Jun-2009 10:36 | flyernzl | Updated |
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