ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59478
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| Date: | Thursday 1 November 1990 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Thompson Syndicate |
| Registration: | ZK-HOP |
| MSN: | 300738D |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lake Widgeon, Fiordland NP -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Te Anau |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 01-11-1990, the helicopter was deer hunting but failed to return. The wreckage was found at the tree line below a steep slope, 4 km east of Lake Widgeon, Longburn Valley, Fiordland Park: the main rotor blades had made a gouge mark further up the slope. The accident threw the shooter from the aircraft, the pilot was found lying beside it. Both sustained fatal injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. TAIC Investigation 90-004T
2. http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2012/06/zk-hof-and-hop.html
Media:
Footage of ZK-HOP on a deer-hunting sortie in 1984
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2009 01:24 | XLerate | Added |
| 21-Aug-2016 00:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2016 01:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2022 22:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Feb-2022 01:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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