ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175673
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| Date: | Sunday 26 April 2015 |
| Time: | 22:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Great Barrier Airlines |
| Registration: | ZK-NSN |
| MSN: | 31-687 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Whenuapai AFB, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ/NZGB) |
| Ardmore (AMZ/NZAR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane diverted and performed an emergency gear-up landing. There were no personal injuries. According to contemporary press reports:
"Small aircraft forced to make emergency landing in Auckland
Published: 7:07AM Monday April 27, 2015 Source: ONE News
Faulty landing gear forced a pilot of a small aircraft to make an emergency landing at Whenuapai airbase in Auckland last night. The Piper Chieftain landed on its belly at around 10:17 pm last night after its landing gear failed to deploy.
The flight from Great Barrier Island was heading for Ardmore Airport in South Auckland. There were two people on board. No-one was hurt".
Sources:
1. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11439048&ref=rss
2. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/small-aircraft-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-in-auckland-6301188.html
3. http://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/sparks-fly-as-plane-makes-emergency-landing-2015042717
4. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=598
5. http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/22820/navajo-wheels-emergency-landing-whenuapai
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2015 13:14 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 00:41 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2015 20:48 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 02-May-2015 07:01 | Anon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature] |
| 09-Jun-2015 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jan-2022 06:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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