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| Date: | Tuesday 2 April 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | Helispray (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HEZ |
| MSN: | 2057 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Tarawera Forest, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Spraying operations in large pine forest. Helicopter crashed, no fatalities. Registration was cancelled, but the machine was later rebuilt by James Aviation and reregistered. Pilot Kevin Rintoul.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1978 | ZK-HEZ | James Aviation Ltd | Kereru, Hawke's Bay | |
unk | |
| 15 August 2008 | N945HA | Triple H Aviation Inc | 0 | Cokato, Minnesota |  |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 14-May-2018 11:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2021 21:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Feb-2022 03:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 03:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 04:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
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