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| Date: | Friday 24 March 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | Mountain Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HFG |
| MSN: | 2069 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waiatoto River, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot Leslie R Maas. Crashed and destroyed by fire.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, Register Review No 8, 1978.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 September 1976 | ZK-HFG | Mountain Helicopters Ltd | Mussel Point, West Coast | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-Jul-2020 01:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2021 11:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 10-Feb-2022 14:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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