VH-HIA (R44) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2020 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-HIA.

April 7, 1996Accident
The aircraft was the third in a stream of five company aircraft departing the Tangalooma Resort airstrip at two-minute intervals on a clear moonlit evening. Following a routine departure at 2105 EST, the aircraft was climbed to 3,000 ft for the flight back to Coolangatta.
Britten-Norman Islander
The following findings were reported: 1. The pilot shut down an engine following surging but did not feather the propeller. 2. The aircraft was not flown at (or near) its best single-engine performance speed after the right engine was shut down. Full accident record