Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver ZK-COV,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61926
 
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Date:Saturday 1 March 1975
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:Airwork (NZ) Ltd.
Registration: ZK-COV
MSN: 1602
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Cave, Canterbury -   New Zealand
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed on a sowing run.
Pilot Arthur Rudge and his 8 year-old passenger both died.

Sources:

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
http://www.dhc-2.com/cn1602.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
18-Oct-2010 22:20 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ]
18-Oct-2010 23:50 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative]
23-Jul-2011 12:05 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
23-Jul-2011 12:06 TB Updated [Source]
05-Feb-2022 08:57 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]

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