ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83443
Last updated: 26 May 2013
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| Date: | 07-MAY-1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-1 |
| Operator: | James Aviation |
| Registration: | ZK-HAC |
| C/n / msn: | 1511 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Motu River gorge, Bay of Plenty -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Motu River gorge |
Pilot R J "Bob" Scott was transporting two Ministry of Works Power Project engineers, A. Benham and R. Alley, to survey a potential site for a hydro-electric power dam. Bob landed the helicopter on a convenient beach above the Whahunga Stream, but one skid was on rock and the other on sand. As the rotor wound down the skid sank into the sand and the rotor hit a rock. On the 17th a salvage team of four led by Max Danvers managed to salvage some of the instruments, but two days later a flash flood swept the Bell away. (date also reported as 8.6.1957)
Sources:
New Zealand Rotary Wings by Janic Geelen and Ross Macpherson, Aug 1995, pp. 9-10.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2010 03:35 | Simdad | Added |
| 10-Apr-2013 15:01 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2013 15:08 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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