ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61016
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| Date: | Sunday 30 August 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 185A Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | R D Mackay |
| Registration: | ZK-ELY |
| MSN: | 185-0239 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rotorua Airport, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Rotorua Airport |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Aircraft being used for parachuting. First three jumpers exited without a problem. When jumper 4 exited, his reserve chute caught the tail of the aircraft. He was able to get free and descended with his main chute not fully opened. The elevator, and then the tail, broke off the aircraft, at which point the observer and the pilot (I Leaf) bailed out as well. The aircraft crashed across the road from the airport and was destroyed. Jumper 4 died in hospital two days later due to his injuries.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. D Stafford (1983) Flying The Thermal Skies, Holmes Printing
3. AHSNZ, 1981, Newsletter 6.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 18-May-2018 03:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-May-2018 00:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2022 04:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Feb-2022 07:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Feb-2022 13:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source] |
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