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| Date: | Sunday 24 January 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | SZD-9bis Bocian 1D |
| Owner/operator: | Rotorua Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GEB |
| MSN: | 816 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Rerewhakaaitu, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
While on approach to home airstrip, glider lost altitude and landed on rough ground near airstrip. Badly damaged but repaired and returned to service.
Sources:
Don Stafford, 1983, Flying The Thermal Skies, Thermalart Productions
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 1976 | ZK-GEB | Whakatane Gliding Club | Kawerau, Bay of Plenty 3 | |
unk | |
| 16 January 1977 | ZK-GEB | Whakatane Gliding Club | Kawerau, Bay of Plenty 3 | |
unk |
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