Date:	Wednesday 26 July 1978
Time:
Type:	Cessna U206F Stationair
Owner/operator:	Float Air Picton Ltd
Registration:	ZK-DXD
MSN:	U206-02912
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Porirua Harbour, Wellington 2 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Porirua Harbour
Destination airport:	Picton Harbour
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The float-equipped aircraft struck a submerged rock and bank while taking off. Pilot Russell Smith and four passengers uninjured. Minor damage to one float.

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, 1978, Newsletter 6.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


23 November 1978	ZK-DXD	Float Air Picton Ltd		Makarora, Otago		unk
19 September 1982	ZK-DXD	Float Air Picton (1981) Ltd	0	Picton, Marlborough		sub
11 December 1986	ZK-DXD	Milford Sound Scenic Flights		Grebe River, Fiordland NP		unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
25-May-2018 00:17	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
10-Aug-2020 05:10	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
23-Sep-2021 03:20	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
30-Jan-2022 04:41	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
13-Feb-2022 01:54	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]