ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62589
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Date: | Wednesday 25 February 1970 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell 47G-5 |
Owner/operator: | Whirl-Wide Helicopters Ltd |
Registration: | ZK-HBJ |
MSN: | 7842 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Gisborne, East Coast -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:pilot R R McCulloch slightly injured. Machine had just completed a spray run and was returning to Gisborne Airport when an engine problem required a forced landing on uneven ground. The helicopter rolled down a hill and was wrecked.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2. Press, 26 February 1970
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
18 February 1968 |
ZK-HBJ |
Helicopter Services & Safaris Ltd |
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near Taumarunui, King Country |
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sub |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
01-Jun-2014 19:47 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Oct-2021 02:36 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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