ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58747
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| Date: | Friday 1 September 1978 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | L W Denize & D Wills |
| Registration: | ZK-BLB |
| MSN: | 22-3379 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Te Waka Range, Te Pohue, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | NZAP |
| NZNR | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Piper was flying from Hamilton to Napier via Taupo, when it crashed into the approx 3,000 feet AMSL Titiokura Summit near the Napier-Taupo highway in bad weather. All on board died in the accident.
Sources:
1. NZ Register, others.
2. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand: Newsletter 1978 No 7; Register Review No 9, 1979.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1953 | ZK-BLB | Tauranga Aero Club | 0 | Stratford, Taranaki | |
w/o |
| 10 December 1959 | ZK-BLB | Tauranga Aero Club | 0 | Motiti Island | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2009 22:49 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-May-2009 02:32 | XLerate | Updated |
| 24-May-2009 04:01 | angels one five | Updated |
| 16-May-2018 05:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2020 07:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 03-Aug-2020 20:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 02:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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