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Date: | Thursday 4 March 2010 |
Time: | c. 10:00 LT |
Type: | Schweizer 269C-1 (300CBi) |
Owner/operator: | Helicopter Flight Training |
Registration: | ZK-HQO |
MSN: | 0245 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Ardmore Airport, Auckland -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Ardmore Airport - NZAR |
Destination airport: | Ardmore Airport - NZAR |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Schweizer 300CBi helicopter crashed on a training flight at Ardmore Airport (NZAR).
The helicopter is reported to be severely damaged and may not fly again.
The 2 occupants are reported to have sustained light injuries.
During a test flight it was found that the engine RPM was unable to be adjusted.
After a period of time spent attempting to rectify the problem RPM began to
fluctuate dramatically, and the decision made to land immediately. The landing
was being aborted due to high speed, when engine RPM dropped suddenly, the
helicopter descended rapidly, striking the ground with the rear skid, and rolling
forward.
Sources:
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/two-shaken-auckland-chopper-crash https://www.nzherald.co.nz/story/national/10629845/
http://www.nzpaimages.co.nz/events.php?event_id=9764
NZ CAA Accident briefs w/e 8Mar2010
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Mar-2010 18:23 |
angels one five |
Added |
03-Mar-2010 18:25 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities] |
03-Mar-2010 18:38 |
angels one five |
Updated [Source] |
03-Mar-2010 19:01 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Mar-2010 05:33 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
08-Mar-2010 21:02 |
flyernzl |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
04-Feb-2022 04:06 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |