ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237703
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 March 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-55B |
| Owner/operator: | Helicopters (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | N5096V |
| MSN: | 55-617 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Near Hawera, Taranaki -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Operated briefly by Helicopters (NZ) Ltd from June 1962 to March 1963. Due to engine problems,N5096V had to make a forced landing and was damaged in the process. Despite varying accounts of its fate, it appears to have been sent back to the United States by June 1969, back to its former owner Trans Alaska Helicopters Inc.
Description of crash in Press 14 March 1963 here:
HELICOPTER CRASHES
Spectators And Pilot Unhurt (N.Z. Press Association) HAWERA, March 13. A helicopter carrying a bridge stringer crashed only 30ft from a crowd of 70 children and 40 adults on a property in Ball road, Patea. today. None of the spectators was injured and the pilot, John Read, chief pilot for Rudnick Helicopters, Ltd., of Wanganui, was also unhurt. The helicopter had been carrying bridge stringers from the property to the upper reaches of the Patea river and returning with bales of wool from another property, and the pupils of Alton School were having a holiday to watch the machine. With one 30ft stringer the machine had climbed until the stringer was just clear of the ground when it was caught by a gust of wind. It nosed down and toppled over sideways as it hit a sheep race. The spectators fled as the machine crashed, but all managed to get clear in time. Mr Read said afterwards that the controls had jammed.
Sources:
1. nzcivair.blogspot.com/2014/06/sikorsky-s-55-n5096v.html
2. helis.com/database/search/N5096V
3. registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N5096V
4. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630314.2.169
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1971 | N5096V | Trans Alaska H | 2 | Valdez, AK |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jul-2020 07:57 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 09-Sep-2022 15:53 | richardh | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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