ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88166
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | G. Webber |
| Registration: | ZK-HZS |
| MSN: | 0529 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Landsborough River, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: William Hanmer Atkinson; crashed 22-11-1988 at Landsborough River, Westland Province. Registration ZK-HZS cancelled 19-02-1988
Fatal ’copter crash in South Westland
By NEIL CLARKSON
A Christchurch man knocked unconscious yesterday in a fatal helicopter crash in South Westland woke to find' himself half submerged in the Landsborough River. lan James McLennan freed himself from his passenger harness and set about trying to revive the pilot, who was completely submerged in nearly 2m of water. Efforts to resuscitate the pilot failed. He was William Hanmer Atkinson, aged 31, of Hanmer Springs...
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19871123.2.6?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=10&page=2&query=william+hanmer+atkinson&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-11-1979
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 06-Jun-2014 17:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2015 18:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2018 04:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Feb-2022 17:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Aug-2023 05:55 | sooty59 | Updated [[Location]] |
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