Incident Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 ZK-HCI, Tuesday 13 December 1977
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Date:Tuesday 13 December 1977
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic FH11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairchild Hiller FH-1100
Owner/operator:Winged Hunters Ltd
Registration: ZK-HCI
MSN: 74
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:near Fox Glacier, West Coast -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
pilot G Claxton. Precautionary landing, pilot and three passengers unhurt.

Sources:

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. David Wise - www.flydw.org.uk/DWNZindex.htm
3. AHSNZ, 1978, Newsletter 4.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

2 June 1968 ZK-HCI Winged Hunters Ltd 0 Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay unk
29 October 1969 ZK-HCI Winged Hunters Ltd 0 Omarukokere Stream, Kaweka Range unk
15 October 1978 ZK-HCI Winged Hunters Ltd Chancellor Shelf, Westland NP w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
09-Jul-2020 04:52 Ron Averes Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, ]
01-Feb-2022 10:20 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
11-Feb-2022 03:06 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
22-Feb-2022 11:03 Ron Averes Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]

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