# NTSB WPR19WA012: Hughes 369, Wanaka, New Zealand, October 17, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 18, 2018, 11:07 local (Oct 17, 2018, 22:07 UTC)
- Place: Wanaka, New Zealand
- Coordinates: -44.708889, 169.237228 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-44.7089&lon=169.2372&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98526
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR19WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98526/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19WA012

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: 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-H0J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369 (D)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: The Alpine Group Limited
- Registered owner: Helilink Limited
- Departed: NZWF, Wanaka
- Destination: Haast

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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