ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64294
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| Date: | Saturday 24 March 1979 |
| Time: | c. 1455 |
| Type: |  AESL Airtourer T3A |
| Owner/operator: | Waitemata Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-DLU |
| MSN: | 72R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Bombay, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ardmore NZAR |
| Ardmore NZAR | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
130hp rebuild of Airtourer 100 ZK-CHC.
Loss of control during a local flight when the aircraft was flown inadvertently into area of low cloud and poor visibility.
Dived steeply out of cloud a struck the ground.
The aircraft was destroyed by the impact. Fire did not occur. This was not a survivable crash.
Pilot Gurdial Singh and passenger Keith Morath R.I.P.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Aircraft Accident Report No. 79-051
3. AHSNZ, 1979, Newsletter 3.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1974 | ZK-DLU | Waitemata Aero Club | Ardmore Aerodrome, Auckland | |
unk | |
| 6 December 1975 | ZK-DLU | Waitemata Aero Club | 0 | Hobsonville AFB, Auckland | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 11-Mar-2016 23:28 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2018 04:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Feb-2022 20:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2022 20:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Feb-2022 03:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Feb-2022 09:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2022 23:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source] |
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