Investigations

Hughes 369 ZK-HVT, a foreign object was seen to pass through the main rotor disc, Pioneer Hut, Mt Cook National Park, 22 November 1996

SAAB 34 & Cessna 152 ZK-MUM, air proximity incident, Rotorua Aerodrome, 10 December 1996

Boeing 767 BR 365 & Boeing 767 NZ 31, loss of separation, Auckland Oceanic Control Area, 17 December 1996

Hughes 369D ZK-HQA, loss of engine power in flight, 20 nm south-east of Taupo, 2 January 1997

Cessna 310Q ZK-KIM, loss of control after take-off, near Queenstown Aerodrome, 3 January 1997

De Havilland DHC 6-300, 5W-FAU, near Apia, Samoa, 7 January 1997

Cessna 185F ZK-PRM, wake turbulence encounter, Wellington International Aerodrome, 3 March 1997

Boeing 747-419, ZK-NBU, failure of inertial reference units, 300 nm north-east of Auckland, 12 March 1997

Cameron O-160 hot air balloon ZK-FBS, power line incident, Waimauku Auckland, 1 April 1997

Air Traffic Control communications system failure, Christchurch Area Control Centre, 3 April 1997