Incident Bell 206B JetRanger II ZK-HKF, Thursday 17 March 1977
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Date:Thursday 17 March 1977
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B06 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell 206B JetRanger II
Owner/operator:Capital Helicopters Ltd
Registration: ZK-HKF
MSN: 1994
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Paraparaumu, Wellington 5 -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Helicopter first registered 7 March 1977, ten days before this Incident at Paraparaumu, pilot Peter T Button.

Not written off...as both helicopter and pilot continued to work in the greater Wellington region until November 1987.

Sources:

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/zk.php
3. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, Register Review No 3.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

20 November 1987 ZK-HKF Capital Helicopters Ltd 3 Tawa, Wellington 2 w/o
Collision with pole or wires

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
22-Aug-2016 21:53 Dr.John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
12-Jul-2020 22:03 Ron Averes Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative, ]
20-Jul-2020 19:36 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Sep-2021 14:43 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
13-Feb-2022 04:38 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
28-Feb-2022 21:36 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, ]
28-Feb-2022 21:50 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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