ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61419
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna U206F Stationair |
| Owner/operator: | Float Air Picton Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-DXD |
| MSN: | U206-02912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Porirua Harbour, Wellington 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Porirua Harbour |
| Picton Harbour | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The float-equipped aircraft struck a submerged rock and bank while taking off. Pilot Russell Smith and four passengers uninjured. Minor damage to one float.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, 1978, Newsletter 6.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 1978 | ZK-DXD | Float Air Picton Ltd | Makarora, Otago | |
unk | |
| 19 September 1982 | ZK-DXD | Float Air Picton (1981) Ltd | 0 | Picton, Marlborough | |
sub |
| 11 December 1986 | ZK-DXD | Milford Sound Scenic Flights | Grebe River, Fiordland NP | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-May-2018 00:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2020 05:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 23-Sep-2021 03:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2022 04:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 13-Feb-2022 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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