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| Date: | Tuesday 1 October 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | Wishart Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HHK |
| MSN: | 93-0516S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Mt Ngongotaha, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot Brian Hagerty
Rifle bullet damage to a rotor blade - from ground fire
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 April 1978 | ZK-HHK | Alpine Helicopters Ltd | Seaforth River, Fiordland NP | |
unk | |
| 29 January 1980 | ZK-HHK | Wishart Helicopters (1978) Ltd | 0 | near Gisborne, East Coast | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 31-Mar-2015 10:11 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, ] |
| 26-Jul-2015 10:22 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, ] |
| 26-Jul-2015 10:22 | Anon. | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2018 02:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-May-2018 00:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 25-May-2018 00:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 20-Jul-2020 20:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 02-Feb-2022 02:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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