ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168823
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Date: | Monday 1 February 1993 |
Time: | 12:40 LT |
Type: | Aerospatiale AS350B |
Owner/operator: | Kaikoura Helicopters |
Registration: | ZK-HNH |
MSN: | 1285 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mt Fyffe, Seaward Kaikoura Range -
New Zealand
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Kaikoura |
Destination airport: | Mt Fyffe |
Investigating agency: | TAIC |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Severe "sink" experienced during an approach to a high level (5265ft) landing site with tourists resulted in a collision with terrain. Two minor injuries and two serious injuries. The safety issues discussed in the report are: the ineffectiveness of the local wind indicators, the inaccessibility of the mountain survival gear carried in the aircraft and the need to develop local contingency plans for aviation emergencies in the Kaikoura area.
Mount Fyffe located 12km NE of Kaikoura.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TAIC |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://taic.org.nz/inquiries?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Aug-2014 15:13 |
Aerossurance |
Added |
08-May-2016 14:09 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Source] |
08-May-2016 14:12 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
08-May-2016 14:14 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source] |
08-May-2016 14:14 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Destination airport, Damage] |
08-May-2016 14:15 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Narrative] |
04-Aug-2020 21:56 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
01-Feb-2022 06:52 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
02-Feb-2022 02:32 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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