Thread: Public land deer - 53 years ago.

Hmm was about 1978 the accident.I always thort it was R22?.Any how it fell out of the sky.

Originally Posted by Trout

Hmm was about 1978 the accident.I always thort it was R22?.Any how it fell out of the sky.

Probably a 300. The white 300 I used to shoot out of got mistaken a few times by angry farmers for a white r22. Quite handy having the police looking to ID a white 22 when we had a 300! Anyhow tragic story. There was a similar accident Opotiki way in the 90's involving a r22 caused by tail rotor issues, I think the engineer ended up sharing a cell with Bubba.

Originally Posted by Puddleduk

Probably a 300. The white 300 I used to shoot out of got mistaken a few times by angry farmers for a white r22. Quite handy having the police looking to ID a white 22 when we had a 300! Anyhow tragic story. There was a similar accident Opotiki way in the 90's involving a r22 caused by tail rotor issues, I think the engineer ended up sharing a cell with Bubba.

yes- bogus tail rotor parts - I believe done in Singapore - just freshly painted used parts sold as new - I think it was the owner went away - flew with him a few times in a 300

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yes- bogus tail rotor parts - I believe done in Singapore - just freshly painted used parts sold as new - I think it was the owner went away - flew with him a few times in a 300

Think it was an outfit called Cherry Air in the states that was responsible for a lot of timed out bogus parts etc. There was quite a few parts from that guy around NZ at the time. I know of another nasty tail rotor incident due to the same sourced parts back then.