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| Date: | Friday 12 April 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Cookson Airspread Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BNP |
| MSN: | 18-5254 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wairoa, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Substantially damaged 12/4/1957 whilst engaged in top dressing/crop spraying at Wairoa, New Zealand: pilot R Howell. Presumably repaired, as noted 20 years later (22-1-1977) based at Masterton and in use as a glider tug
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/12315/topdressing-super-cubs
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 February 1960 | ZK-BNP | Cookson Airspread Ltd | 0 | Tutira, Hawke's Bay | |
sub |
| 21 August 1982 | ZK-BNP | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 0 | Masterton Aerodrome, Wairarapa | |
sub |
| 11 January 1987 | ZK-BNP | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | 1 | Near Masterton Aerodrome, Wairarapa | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2016 20:02 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2017 12:47 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 07:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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