ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46992
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 November 1997 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Kawasaki-Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HHR |
| MSN: | 6630 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Arawhata Valley, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was landed on a suitable hill-top site to allow the shooter to gut a deer, and the helicopter to be refuelled. Because of the strong wind, and the risk of a main rotor blade contacting the tailboom, the pilot was reluctant to reduce the rpm to ground idle. However, he did exit the aircraft after frictioning the controls. Before he could start refuelling from jerry cans, the helicopter tipped forward, rotated towards the right, then flew off the hilltop. As it tipped, the skids knocked the pilot aside, and the main and tail rotors came very close to the shooter who had to drop to the ground. The machine impacted the hill-side and tumbled into a creek where it burned out.
Sources:
rotorspot.nl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Aug-2010 14:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source] |
| 13-Feb-2022 10:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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