ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46482
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| Date: | Monday 12 February 1996 |
| Time: | 22:40 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Mt Hutt Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HLE |
| MSN: | 87-0179D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Windwhistle, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On Monday, 12 February 1996 at about 2240 hours, Hughes 369D helicopter ZK-HLE, on a night rescue flight, collided with trees and the ground, and caught fire - 3km east of Windwhistle. The two crew were killed. Reduced visibility in poor weather was probably a factor in the collision. The details of the flight leading to the collision were not established.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Flight International 19-25 November 1997
http://www.taic.org.nz/ReportsandSafetyRecs/AviationReports/tabid/78/ctl/Detail/mid/482/InvNumber/1996-007/Page/18/language/en-US/Default.aspx?SkinSrc=[G]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 January 1982 | ZK-HLE | Airwest Helicopters Ltd | 0 | George Sound, Fiordland NP | |
sub |
| 13 February 1985 | ZK-HLE | Mt Hutt Aviation Ltd | near Rakaia Gorge, Canterbury | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Mar-2011 12:37 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2014 06:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source] |
| 16-Sep-2019 14:02 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
| 16-Feb-2022 05:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
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