ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58653
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| Date: | Thursday 23 May 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-HYN |
| MSN: | 0503 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dart River, Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Robinson R22 Beta ZK-HYN, collided with electric fence wires, Dart River near Glenorchy, 23 May 1991:
At the conclusion of a brief local flight the pilot descended the helicopter over the Dart River. The helicopter collided with a pair of electric fence feeder wires, spanning a dry channel between the eastern bank and an adjacent island, and shortly afterwards struck the river bed. The pilot received fatal injuries but the passenger survived the accident
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.taic.org.nz/ReportsandSafetyRecs/AviationReports/tabid/78/ctl/Detail/mid/482/InvNumber/1991-014/Page/6/language/en-US/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]skins/taicAviation/skin_aviation
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.asp?accidentkey=42882
3. http://www.dave.wise.btinternet.co.uk/DWZKHVZ.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2009 21:11 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-May-2009 02:37 | XLerate | Updated |
| 22-Dec-2011 17:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2022 18:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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