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| Date: | Monday 16 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Druine D.31 Turbulent |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-CJD |
| MSN: | 1014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hastings Aerodrome, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bridge Pa, Hastings (NZHS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The final Aerocraft Druine D.31 Turbulent airframe was ZK-CJD (c/n 1014). First registered 1/7/66,
it was cancelled on 11/8/77 but was re-registered on 7/12/77, with a new c/n of AACA/W-143, to Harold Symes of Hastings.
Substantially damaged in a heavy landing at Bridge Pa, Hastings on 16/1/78 which broke the main spar (pilot Harold Symes). He then sold it to R E Naylor of Havelock North on 3/4/02 and it was redesignated as a Class 1 microlight on the same day. Registration ZK-CJD was cancelled on 12/12/11
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/druine-turbulents-of-new-zealand-7.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 29-Jul-2010 04:24 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2014 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 01:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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