ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62021
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 August 1974 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28A |
| Owner/operator: | Enstrom Helicopters (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-HIE |
| MSN: | 049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Rotorua, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Hamurana Springs golfcourse |
| airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot Noel Bennett was taking two passengers (Captain Fred Ladd and John Michel) on a sales demonstration flight. The engine backfired when started at the Hamurana Springs golf course, loosening or blowing off the induction hose leading to the air intake. Flying over Lake Rotorua at around 400 feet and a mile offshore, the detached end of the hose sucked itself onto the surface of the air filter box, causing the engine to stop due to air starvation. All survived the autorotational landing, but there were no life jackets, one person was unable to swim and the water was 10 degrees C. Fred Ladd, the only survivor, was picked up by a floatplane after 25 minutes in the water, suffering exposure. Helicopter salvaged/rebuilt.
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident Files, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 200-201. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
3. New Zealand Wings, September 1974 - registered owner.
4. D Stafford (1983) Flying The Thermal Skies, Holmes Printing
Images:
personal collection
personal collection
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Jun-2009 00:58 | XLerate | Updated |
| 25-Apr-2013 12:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Damage] |
| 25-Apr-2013 12:57 | TB | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 15:54 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-May-2018 00:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2019 15:51 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 04-Apr-2020 08:32 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 04-Apr-2020 08:32 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 22-Jul-2020 01:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 18-Feb-2022 09:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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