- Date
- February 25, 2014, 20:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Moonlight Creek, New Zealand, New Zealand
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- ZK-IQQHughes 369D
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 88871
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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.
Factual narrative
On February 25, 2014, at 2055 universal coordinated time, a Hughes 369D, ZK-IQQ, was substantially damaged when the main rotor blades contacted and severed the tailboom at the conclusion of an autorotation and landing near Moonlight Creek, New Zealand. The helicopter was registered to Heli Tours Limited and operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of New Zealand. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of New Zealand. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of New Zealand. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) P.O. Box 3555 Wellington 6140 New Zealand Tel: (64) 4-560-9400 Fax: (64) 4-569-2024
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-IQQ
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D (D)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 600739D
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Registered owner
- D.P. Nyhon Holdings Limited
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 3, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 26 KB in all.