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| Date: | Thursday 20 August 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Garden City Helicopters |
| Registration: | ZK-HVW |
| MSN: | 0510 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mt Isobel, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Mount Isobel, New Zealand | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ex-N2284E (US Registry); re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-HVW 15/01/1986 to Garden City Helicopters Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand. Written off (destroyed) 20/08/1987 when crashed on Mount Isobel, Hanmer Springs. Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: John Beattie
NOTE: In 1998 another Robinson R22B was registered as ZK-HVW to CJK Consulting Ltd. Although it was built in 1988, it is not the same aircraft as the above. The R22B that crashed was c/no. 0510; the "replacement" ZK-HVW was c/no. 874
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2284E
4. http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/more-from-nzrt-today.html
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKHVZ.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 06-Jun-2014 17:38 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Feb-2016 18:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Feb-2016 18:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2016 21:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Feb-2022 06:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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