ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168808
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 April 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | New Zealand Helicopters |
| Registration: | ZK-HRV |
| MSN: | 1192D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rerewhakaaitu, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mount Tarawera |
| Rotorua | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On scenic passenger flight when engine trouble arose. Before the pilot could land the helicopter, the engine failed and he was forced to make an auto-rotational landing on rough farmland, 6nm southwest of the mountain. The helicopter rolled over but none of the 4 occupants was injured in the accident.
The engine failed from oil starvation, following a fracture of a fitting in the oil line to the torque gauge.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://taic.org.nz/inquiries?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
2. Air International July 2002, p19
3. www.taic.org.nz/inquiry/ao-2002-005
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2014 06:23 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 17-Oct-2018 13:46 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 13:46 | TB | Updated [Damage] |
| 05-Aug-2020 02:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2021 13:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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