ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58744
Last updated: 29 December 2020
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| Date: | 04-NOV-2005 |
| Time: | 10:14 |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-HTF |
| C/n / msn: | 1384 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mount Karioi, 6 mi SW of Raglan -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Artmore (NZAR) |
| Queenstown (NZQN) |
Crashed in a small bush-covered gully on Mount Karioi near Raglan in Waikato.
The pilot, multi-millionaire businessman Michael Erceg and his passenger, Guus Klatte of the Netherlands died in the crash.
The accident site was concealed by the dense bush and the wreckage was not located until 19/11/05. The aerial of the aircraft's 406 MHZ ELT beacon was sheared off by impact with a tree.
The pilot had continued along a flight path towards rising ground, low cloud and decreasing visibility that left few alternatives to avoid flight into cloud and terrain in the last stage of the flight.
Sources:
http://www.caa.govt.nz/Accidents_and_Incidents/Accident_Reports/ZK_HTF_Fatal.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2009 22:49 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-May-2009 02:28 | XLerate | Updated |
| 23-Mar-2010 12:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2011 11:01 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2013 04:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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