Date:	Friday 20 November 1987
Time:	12:30
Type:	Bell 206B JetRanger II
Owner/operator:	Capital Helicopters Ltd
Registration:	ZK-HKF
MSN:	1994
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tawa, Wellington 2 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	NZWN
Destination airport:	NZWN
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The helicopter drifted into high tension wires and crashed while assisting police in the pursuit of an escaped prisoner. The main rotor cut the wire, part of the cable wrapped itself around the tail of the helicopter, and both rotor blades broke off. Peter Button, a distinguished rescue pilot and pioneer air ambulance operator in NZ and his two passengers died in the accident.

1. NZ Serials and Press reports.
2. 'There goes Grandpa', The Dominion Post. Archive at WebCite
4. King, John (1995). "Wire Strike". Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 173-175. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

17 March 1977

ZK-HKF

Capital Helicopters Ltd

0

Paraparaumu, Wellington 5

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Feb-2009 08:37	angels one five	Added
01-May-2009 06:43	XLerate	Updated
20-May-2018 05:07	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Location]
31-Jan-2022 03:33	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
13-Feb-2022 01:55	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]