Incident Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama ZK-HDX, Sunday 25 March 1973
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Date:Sunday 25 March 1973
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LAMA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
Owner/operator:Helicopters (NZ) Ltd
Registration: ZK-HDX
MSN: 2226
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Hikapu Reach, Marlborough -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
pilot Peter A Tait. Location is between Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds.

Sources:

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. New Zealand Wings, May 1976

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

17 March 1972 ZK-HDX Helicopters (NZ) Ltd 0 near Upper Hutt, Wellington 4 unk

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
28-Aug-2010 12:45 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage, ]
09-Jul-2020 02:58 Ron Averes Updated [Operator, Source, ]
09-Feb-2022 03:44 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Feb-2022 15:08 Ron Averes Updated [Narrative, ]
20-Feb-2022 07:53 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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