ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61890
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 June 1975 |
| Time: | 12:50 |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | South West Venison Packers Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HFD |
| MSN: | 122-0176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Brunner, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Helicopter undergoing a test flight following the fitting of a new rotor blade. Crashed into 5 metres of water.
Pilot Reg Ellwood and engineer T Malqueen escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Press 25 June 1975
3. New Zealand Wings, August 1975.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 1973 | ZK-HFD | South West Venison Packers Ltd | Copland River, West Coast | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Jul-2020 05:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 20-Jul-2020 23:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 07-Feb-2022 04:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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