ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47010
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Date: | Friday 21 March 1997 |
Time: | 15:35 LT |
Type: | Glaser-Dirks DG-400 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | ZK-GNU |
MSN: | 4-64 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mt Pauanui, Waikato -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Following a series of high-speed passes, which were being videod from a ridgeline, the pilot performed a slow pass. The pilot allowed the airspeed to become too low, and the glider stalled and spun. There was insufficient height to effect a complete recovery. The pilot was killed.
Sources:
http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKGIQ.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
26-Jun-2013 13:09 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
02-Feb-2022 06:28 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
12-Feb-2022 09:27 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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