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| Date: | Tuesday 24 March 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Aero Club / NZ Air Charter |
| Registration: | ZK-ERN |
| MSN: | 32-7700002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wairakei Airstrip, Taupo -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Wairakei Airstrip |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Collided with fence on takeoff.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1981, Newsletter 6.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 July 1979 | ZK-ERN | Auckland Aero Club / NZ Air Charter | Coromandel, Waikato | |
unk | |
| 25 February 1981 | ZK-ERN | Auckland Aero Club / NZ Air Charter | 0 | Okiwi Airfield, Great Barrier Island | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 15-Jun-2020 11:20 | KevBen | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2020 11:20 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2021 20:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 27-Feb-2022 13:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, ] |
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