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| Date: | Tuesday 17 November 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 172A Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | H V Carlisle |
| Registration: | ZK-CKX |
| MSN: | 47376 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Taupo, Taupo -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Aircraft ditched into Lake Taupo 6 miles southwest of Taupo Airport, after a partial, then complete, engine failure. Pilot A Israel suffered minor injuries.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1981, Newsletter 8.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 June 1960 | ZK-BWM | Wairarapa & Ruahine Aero Club | Masterton, Wairarapa | |
sub | |
| 30 December 1964 | ZK-CBJ | Hawera Aero Club | 0 | Matawai, East Coast | |
unk |
| 1 January 1965 | ZK-CBJ | Hawera Aero Club | 0 | Hawera, Taranaki | |
sub |
| 9 July 1966 | ZK-CKX | Rotorua Aero Club | Taupo | |
unk | |
| 24 June 1972 | ZK-CKX | Lakeland Aviation Ltd | Kaimanawa Range | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-May-2018 19:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2021 08:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 19-Feb-2022 01:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-Feb-2022 18:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Damage, ] |
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