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| Date: | Tuesday 11 November 2008 |
| Time: | 11:25 |
| Type: |  Alpha 160A (R2160) |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Wings |
| Registration: | ZK-SWY |
| MSN: | 160A-06004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Queenstown Airport, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| NZQN | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was on a solo cross-country training flight, and was to perform a touch and go on runway 23 in Queenstown. There was an estimated cross-wind component of 12 knots from the left on runway 23. As the pilot flared the aircraft, it drifted to the right. On touch down the aircraft veered left. The aircraft continued left across the runway and onto the grass. The left wing tip struck a runway marker board rotating the aircraft to the left resulting in the aircraft coming to rest in a ditch that runs parallel to the runway.
Sources:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4757865a6570.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2008 01:35 | RobertMB | Added |
| 31-Jan-2022 15:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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