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| Date: | Sunday 24 November 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gippsland GA-200C Fatman |
| Owner/operator: | Rural Aerial Co-operative Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-EMD |
| MSN: | 200C9827 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Pahiatua airstrip, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pahiatua airstrip |
| Feilding | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Upon takeoff the plane collided with a cow. Aircraft had lost all of its left front landing leg and ruptured the fuel tank but the pilot managed to safely land the plane in Feilding. The pilot was not injured nor was the cow.
Sources:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9436610/Plane-hits-cow-on-takeoff
NZCAA Weekly Accident Summary 19Nov2013 to 25Nov2013
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 2005 | ZK-EMD | 0 | 2 E Pongaroa | |
sub | |
| 20 May 2013 | ZK-EMD | 0 | Eketahuna | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2013 12:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Nov-2013 20:19 | flyernzl | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2014 08:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2022 02:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
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