Incident Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer ZK-DKA, Wednesday 20 February 1974
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Date:Wednesday 20 February 1974
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic LA4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer
Owner/operator:Amphibious Air Services Ltd
Registration: ZK-DKA
MSN: 526
Year of manufacture:1972
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Waimakariri River, Canterbury -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
pilot Peter F Dyer

Sources:

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. New Zealand Wings May 1973 photo, June 1975 photo and story.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 June 1973 ZK-DKA Goode-Vernon & Co Ltd Lake Wakatipu, Otago unk
19 January 1979 ZK-DKA Larnach Castle Ltd 0 Taieri Aerodrome, Otago unk

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
30-Jul-2020 18:58 Ron Averes Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, ]
13-Feb-2022 05:12 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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