ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80616
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | V R Wood Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BSB |
| MSN: | 22-5417 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lochinver Station, Taupo -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | NZWK |
| NZPP | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot: Vernon Ross Wood. Passenger: Dennis Patrick Mullooly.
Lochinver Stastion, 23nm SE of Taupo.
Aircraft was on private flight by owner with experienced helicopter pilot with him. Appears to have got tangled up in bad weather, remote mountainous terrain, collided with terrain while attempting 180 degree turn. Aircraft destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire.
Sources:
I sold the guy the aircraft several months earlier in the year. Aircraft had been in my family for previous 15yrs.
NZ Archives.
NZ Register.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 1962 | ZK-BSB | Canterbury Aero Club | 0 | Christchurch Airport, Canterbury | |
unk |
| 28 November 1967 | ZK-BSB | Auckland Aviation Sports Club | Muriwai, Auckland | |
unk | |
| 16 June 1980 | ZK-BSB | E Bennett | 0 | near Mataura, Southland | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2010 08:07 | Anon. | Added |
| 03-Jun-2011 03:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2011 03:28 | angels one five | Updated [Date] |
| 03-Jul-2012 11:35 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2018 02:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2020 21:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2021 13:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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