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| Date: | Monday 18 January 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Airwest Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HLE |
| MSN: | 87-0179D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | George Sound, Fiordland NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot J Kane. Crashed into water due to engine failure resulting from cracked fuel line. Both occupants swam to safety. Machine recovered and repaired.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1982, Newsletter 3.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 February 1985 | ZK-HLE | Mt Hutt Aviation Ltd | near Rakaia Gorge, Canterbury | |
unk | |
| 12 February 1996 | ZK-HLE | Mt Hutt Aviation Ltd | 2 | near Windwhistle, Canterbury | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 28-Sep-2021 00:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Feb-2022 05:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 28-Feb-2022 02:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2022 10:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
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