Date:	Wednesday 28 March 1973
Time:
Type:	Mooney M20E Super 21
Owner/operator:	Rural Management Ltd
Registration:	ZK-CFV
MSN:	230
Year of manufacture:	1964
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Wellington Airport, Wellington 1 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	WLG / NZWN
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
"Pilot J Rutherford was asked to make a short approach and landing ahead of a Boeing 737. He encountered some difficulties getting the gear down and locked, the preoccupation with the gear resulting in a landing to the left of the runway. The aircraft veered sharply left as it landed, the pilot applied full power to go around but one wheel hit a light box. The Mooney went through the boundary fence and stopped on a nearby road. The occupants were not injured.

The accident report stated: ""The pilot was wearing shoes with which he was not fully familiar, and believes he may have unintentionally applied left brake at touchdown, causing the initial swing."""

1. Civil Air Accident File 25/3/73-047, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 145. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


1 August 1965	ZK-CFV	Executive Air Travel (NZ) Ltd		Taupo		unk
24 January 1976	ZK-CFV	Rural Management Ltd		near Hamilton Airport, Waikato		unk
21 August 1982	ZK-CFV	A O Barrowclough	0	Spectacle Lake, Auckland		unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Jan-2022 03:35	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
13-Feb-2022 01:39	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]