Date:	Sunday 4 January 1976
Time:
Type:	Bell 47G-5
Owner/operator:	Wishart Helicopters Ltd
Registration:	ZK-HCM
MSN:	7903
Year of manufacture:	1968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Blue Lake, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Crashed into Blue Lake (Tikitapu) during a helicopter handling demonstration. The tail rotor hit the lake surface, cuasing the machine to drop into the water and sink. Pilot Larry Bennett escaped uninjured. The helicopter was written off.

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333

D. Stafford (1983) Flying The Thermal Skies, Holmes Printing.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
11-May-2018 19:06	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]