ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168839
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Date: | Wednesday 4 April 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hughes 269B |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | ZK-HRQ |
MSN: | 65-0204 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Taumarunui, King Country -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On approach when a yaw to the right occurred which was accompanied by a loud bang. The pilot lowered the collective and made an autorotation onto uneven ground. A laboratory inspection of the tail rotor components indicated that the tail rotor teeter bolt had failed in flight. As the bolt was lost the cause of the failure was not established.
Sources:
https://taic.org.nz/inquiries?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation AUSTAIRDATA
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Aug-2014 17:34 |
Aerossurance |
Added |
31-Mar-2015 15:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Country] |
28-Sep-2019 19:49 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn, Source, Damage] |
16-Feb-2022 01:32 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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