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Date: | Sunday 10 March 1985 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hughes 369HS |
Owner/operator: | Heli-Track Ltd |
Registration: | ZK-HUC |
MSN: | 129-0228S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Motu River, Raukumara Range -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Registered owner of helicopter was Farm Helicopters Ltd.
Crashed and destroyed by fire while on deer hunting operations in Mulligans Creek, 600 metres off the Motu River. The machine hit a tree and crashed into the stream bed, catching fire. The pilot was killed in the crash, the shooter was seriously injured.
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: Nicholas Clouston Barrow.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2. AHSNZ, 1985, Journal Vol 28 No 2.
3. AHSNZ, 1986, Aerolog Vol 1 No 3.
4. NZ OAAI Accident Report No 85-027.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2011 14:00 |
ASN archive |
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15-May-2018 13:36 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
27-May-2018 06:41 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |