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| Date: | Saturday 5 April 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | P M Bradley |
| Registration: | ZK-HFZ |
| MSN: | 23-0188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Wairoa, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
P M Bradley, operating as Eastern Bay Trappers. While on deer hunting operations 16km east of Lake Waikaremoana, the shooter fell out of the helicopter was was seriously injured.
Pilot Armin C Egli.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1980, Newsletter 5.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 January 1979 | ZK-HFZ | P M Bradley | 0 | near Rotorua Airport, Rotorua | |
sub |
| 2 May 1979 | ZK-HFZ | P M Bradley | near Murupara, Bay of Plenty 3 | |
unk | |
| 24 September 1980 | ZK-HFZ | P M Bradley | Motu River, Raukumara Range | |
unk | |
| 1 September 1984 | ZK-HFZ | Heli Hunt & Fish Ltd | 0 | Waioeka Gorge, Bay of Plenty 3 | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-May-2018 23:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2021 06:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-Feb-2022 04:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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