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| Date: | Saturday 1 March 1975 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Airwork (NZ) Ltd. |
| Registration: | ZK-COV |
| MSN: | 1602 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cave, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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