Date:	Wednesday 5 March 1975
Time:
Type:	Hiller UH-12E
Owner/operator:	James Aviation Ltd
Registration:	ZK-HGN
MSN:	HA3002
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	near Kaharoa, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Fire fighting
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Engaged in burning off scrub on a forestry block, using hand held incendiary devices dropped by the passenger. A box of these devices ignited inside the helicopter, and the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on uneven ground. The helicopter rolled over and caught fire. Pilot Barry Simmons was seriously injured, the passenger suffered only minor injuries.

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

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

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


30 November 1978

ZK-HGN

North West Capturing Developments Ltd

0

Anatoki Range, Nelson

unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
20-Apr-2011 13:10	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
11-May-2018 19:06	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
07-Oct-2021 00:11	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
23-Feb-2022 02:45	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, ]