- Date
- October 6, 2016
- Place
- Wanaka, New Zealand
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- ZK-IJWMD Helicopter 500
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: Uncontained engine failure
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94218
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Factual narrative
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a MD Helicopters MD520N, which occurred on October 6, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of design and manufacture of the helicopter powerplant. All investigative information will be released by the CAA of New Zealand.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-IJW
- Reported as
- MD Helicopter 500 (N)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- LN016
- Engine
- Rolls Royce 250-C20R, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown