Incident Cessna 337F Super Skymaster ZK-TAI,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87675
 
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Date:Thursday 27 December 1984
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C337 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 337F Super Skymaster
Owner/operator:C & J Emeny
Registration: ZK-TAI
MSN: 33701456
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Chatham Island Airport, Chatham Islands -   New Zealand
Phase: Landing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Gisborne
Destination airport:Chatham Island
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Operating under licence of East Air, Gisborne. Arriving from Gisborne, the undercarriage hydraulic system failed to operate and the back up system failed as well. The pilot made a wheels-up landing on grass. No injuries to anyone, the aircraft's undercarriage doors, cargo pod and rear propellor were danaged.
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: Craig Clifford Emeny.

Sources:

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/air-chathams-30-years-on.html
Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand: Journal Vol 28 No 1, 1985.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jan-2011 14:00 ASN archive
18-May-2018 22:59 Ron Averes Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
21-May-2018 23:32 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
22-Sep-2021 09:08 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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