# NTSB GAA26WA302: Canadian Home Rotors Safari, Eyrewell, New Zealand, September 8, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 8, 2026, 05:20 local (05:20 UTC)
- Place: Eyrewell, New Zealand · Pasture/Grass Airfield
- Coordinates: -43.38576, 172.346412 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-43.3858&lon=172.3464&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203770
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA302
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203770/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA302

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZK-IQP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CANADIAN HOME ROTORS Safari
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported
- Wind: 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Observed at: NZCH, 10 nm away
- METAR: METAR NZCH 080530Z AUTO 05006KT 9999 FEW050/// 10/06 Q1010

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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