- Date
- May 4, 2026
- Place
- Haast, New Zealand · Riverbed
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- ZK-HCCMD Helicopter 369
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 202963
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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-HCC
- Reported as
- MD Helicopter 369 (E)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Mountain Helicopters Fox Glacier Limited
- Registered owner
- Mountain Helicopters Fox Glacier Limited