ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46475
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| Date: | Friday 3 May 1996 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger |
| Owner/operator: | Glacier Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HRB |
| MSN: | 1616 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chaslands, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Chaslands, NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
ex VH-HRB > ZK-HTY > 9M-AUF. To ZK-HRB in January 1994. Written off (destroyed) 03-05-1996 when crashed near Chaslands, during agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing) operations.
The pilot was spraying at low speed at low level when the aircraft struck a high-level wire carrying power for fencing. A briefing on wires was given to the pilot by the farmer and a recce carried out with the property owner on board. The briefing had not covered this particular wire, however, as it had been overlooked by the property owner. Property owners should be aware of the extremely serious hazard posed to agricultural aviation by unmarked wires that they erect on their property.
Sources:
1. https://www.caa.govt.nz/Script/Accident_Details.asp?Oc=96/1160
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=2234
3. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
4. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKHQU.htm.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Aug-2016 13:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2022 05:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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