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| Date: | Thursday 5 April 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Glenorchy Air |
| Registration: | ZK-DOJ |
| MSN: | 32-40638 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Glenorchy, Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Queenstown Airport |
| Elfin Bay airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On Thursday 5 April 2007, ZK-DOJ, a Piper PA32S-300 Cherokee 6, was on a local charter flight from Queenstown with a pilot and 2 passengers on board. The flight was to include a landing and short stopover at Elfin Bay on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, before returning to Queenstown. During the landing at Elfin Bay, the pilot deliberately steered the aircraft off the side of the airstrip to avoid overrunning the end. The aircraft struck a fence and sustained moderate damage but there was no injury to the passengers or pilot.
The safety issues identified were aircraft braking technique and the need for a serviceable windsock to allow a pilot to make a more accurate assessment of the wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://taic.org.nz/inquiries?SkinSrc=[G_]skins%2ftaicAviation%2fskin_aviation
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 1991 | ZK-DOJ | United Aviation Ltd | 0 | Ngawihi Airstrip, Wairarapa | |
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| 5 August 2014 | ZK-DOJ | Glenorchy Air | 1 | Near Poolburn Reservoir, Otago | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2016 20:26 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2022 11:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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