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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1997 |
| Time: | 11:46 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Cascade Whitebaiting Company |
| Registration: | ZK-FMQ |
| MSN: | 31298 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Missing, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | West Melton |
| Waiatoto / Cascade River | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
ZK-FMQ picked up as a primary radar target leaving West Melton at 1146 hrs. At 1216 hrs, at a point 60 nm/225 degrees magnetic from NZCH, target disappeared from radar, and no trace of ZK-FMQ has ever been found.
There were sightings of an aircraft matching the colours of FMQ over on the west coast... last sighting around 1500 hrs at Bruce Bay, presumably on the flight home.
Sources:
1. CAA accident report
2.. Www.findlostaircraft.co.nz/zkfmq.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 December 1984 | N966K | Tomahawk Flight Enterprises | 0 | Marion, MT |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2012 03:49 | Dazza | Added |
| 16-May-2013 12:04 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2013 12:05 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 01:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 01:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 02:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2021 02:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 04:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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