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| Date: | Tuesday 24 January 1978 |
| Time: | c. 1518 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow II |
| Owner/operator: | Airline Flying Club |
| Registration: | ZK-EHW |
| MSN: | 28R-7335118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arapawa Island, Marlborough -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nelson NZNS |
| Wellington NZWN | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: Arthur Llewellyn Gwyn.
Lewis John Low Davis.
David Tennyson Howie.
R.I.P.
The Cherokee Arrow was on a VFR flight from Nelson to Wellington when it crashed in foggy conditions on the SE slopes of Arapawa Island at about 700 feet AMSL.
The last communication with the plane was at 1509 hours.
When aircraft was declared overdue at Wellington a search was initiated, and the site of an ELT transmission was located at 1718 NZDT.
The aircraft was found on a 50 degree upward slope. It was completely wrecked. There was no fire. This was not a survivable accident.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aircraft Accident Report No. 78016.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Jun-2009 14:43 | angels one five | Updated |
| 28-Jun-2009 00:00 | Anon. | Updated |
| 13-Jun-2011 17:52 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2016 07:33 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Aug-2020 03:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 02:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 09:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 20-Feb-2022 07:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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