Accident Beechcraft G58 Baron N254F,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154658
 
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Date:Saturday 30 March 2013
Time:12:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE58 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft G58 Baron
Owner/operator:Kiwi Lion LLC (USA)
Registration: N254F
MSN: TH-2169
Year of manufacture:2006
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Sea off Kawhia, King Country -   New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Ardmore Airport (AMZ/NZAR)
Destination airport:Timaru Airport (TIU/NZTU)
Investigating agency: CAA NZ
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft, a Beech G58 Baron, N254F, was destroyed upon impact with the water in the sea off of Kawhia, Waikato.
Both occupants did not survive the crash. The bodies were retrieved by divers from the New Zealand Navy on 6 and 7 April 2013.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: CAA NZ
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/plane-crashes-into-the-sea-off-waikato-16476909.html
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/2degrees-boss-wife-unlikely-have-survived-plane-crash-5390284
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10874565
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N254F
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10876007

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Mar-2013 01:58 gerard57 Added
30-Mar-2013 02:27 Geo Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
30-Mar-2013 19:50 Geno Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Apr-2013 10:02 gerard57 Updated [Source, Narrative]
22-Sep-2021 01:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
28-Sep-2021 22:28 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
11-Feb-2022 19:45 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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