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| Date: | Saturday 26 November 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  CPC Fletcher FU-24-950M |
| Owner/operator: | Thames Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BIK |
| MSN: | 38 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Gisborne, East Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Greaves airstrip |
| Gisborne | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot Paul R Miller; starboard wheel fell off on takeoff, aircraft returned to Gisborne damaged in landing but soon repaired.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1978, Newsletter 1.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1978 | ZK-BIK | Thames Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd | 0 | Paerata, Auckland | |
sub |
| 12 November 1984 | ZK-BIK | Fieldair Holdings (Northern) Ltd | 1 | Okoroire, Waikato | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 07-Feb-2010 02:02 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Apr-2010 02:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 08-Feb-2022 22:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Feb-2022 11:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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