- Date
- January 27, 2026, 18:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Paekakariki Hill, New Zealand · Dense Bush
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- ZK-HGPHughes 269C
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 202357
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-HGP
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 730221
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial