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Date: | Thursday 6 March 1980 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hughes 269C |
Owner/operator: | Farm Helicopters Ltd |
Registration: | ZK-HJM |
MSN: | 106-0549 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mechanics Bay, Auckland -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:pilot David E Jones. Registered to Farm Helicopters Ltd, operated by Marine. While landing, a stray cover whipped up by rotor downwash. Rotor hit, machine crashed.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2. AUSTAIRDATA
3. New Zealand Wings, July 1977.
4. AHSNZ, 1980, Newsletter 4.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 January 1980 |
ZK-HJM |
Marine Helicopters Ltd |
0 |
Ardmore Aerodrome, Auckland |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
25-Sep-2019 13:00 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn, Source, Damage] |
30-Jul-2020 19:26 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
15-Oct-2021 09:35 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |