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| Date: | Sunday 23 November 1980 |
| Time: | 11:16 |
| Type: | Slingsby T.53B |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Aviation Sports Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GFQ |
| MSN: | 1687 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hobsonville AFB, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | NZHB |
| NZHB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot Graham Neal. Following simulated winch launch failure the student pilot allowed the airspeed
to decay and the instructor closed the airbrakes but was unable to prevent a heavy landing.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
NZGK Aug/Sep 1981
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 December 1971 | ZK-GFQ | ZKGFQ Syndicate | Invercargill, Southland | |
unk | |
| 6 January 1977 | ZK-GFQ | A R Webster & others | near Te Awamutu, Waikato | |
unk | |
| 19 February 1978 | ZK-GFQ | Auckland Aviation Sports Club | Kaipara Flats, Auckland | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 27-Jul-2011 17:26 | karaka | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 09:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
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