ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46475
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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| Date: | 03-MAY-1996 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 206B JetRanger |
| Operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-HRB |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chaslands -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
The pilot was spraying at low speed at low level when the aircraft struck a high-level wire carrying power for fencing. A briefing on wires was given to the pilot by the farmer and a recce carried out with the property owner on board. The briefing had not covered this particular wire, however, as it had been overlooked by the property owner. Property owners should be aware of the extremely serious hazard posed to agricultural aviation by unmarked wires that they erect on their property.
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
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