ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61023
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | P M Bradley |
| Registration: | ZK-HQG |
| MSN: | 82-0399S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whirinaki River, Urewera NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
P M Bradley, operating as Eastern Bay Trappers.
Helicopter was engaged in deer hunting operations when it crashed on a bush covered hill 8 km southeast of Murupara.
Location was above the Whirinaki River, southwest of Paewhakataratara Ridge. The pilot and shooter were both killed in the crash. Crew Boyd S Gare (pilot), and Richard Stent.
The crash was reported to have been caused by a failure of the main transmission shaft, an unapproved ex-military component.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand: Newsletter 1981 No 5; Register Review No 18, 1981.
3. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/family-gobsmacked-after-fatal-helicopter-crash-site-near-murupara-found-39-years-on/2D7KWQM6UTUACO5WCELV22TFXQ/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 15-May-2018 13:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2020 03:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2020 04:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2020 10:30 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 20:42 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Sep-2021 03:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2021 21:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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