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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Schempp-Hirth Cirrus |
| Owner/operator: | Canterbury Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GFV |
| MSN: | 68 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tarras, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Terras, New Zealand on 3/1/1983 (pilot H Halliday). Registration ZK-GFV cancelled 31/5/1989. Parts of wreckage later used in the rebuild of Cirrus ZK-GVZ
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKGAH.htm
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/cirrus.htm
AHSNZ, 1983, Journal, Vol 26 No 2.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 1972 | ZK-GFV | S H Georgeson | Cashmere, Canterbury | |
unk | |
| 26 April 1973 | ZK-GFV | S H Georgeson | Hororata, Canterbury | |
unk | |
| 3 June 1973 | ZK-GFV | S H Georgeson | Hororata, Canterbury | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 29-Dec-2012 10:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2012 10:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2012 11:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, ] |
| 02-Oct-2021 20:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 23:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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