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| Date: | Sunday 12 November 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Whakatane District Flying School |
| Registration: | ZK-DBL |
| MSN: | 17257339 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Galatea Aerodrome, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot N F Rangi
Original entry has this incident location as Murapara (Murupara) Airfield. As there is no airfield at Murupara, but an aerodrome at nearby Galatea, one would think this incident occurred there?
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 February 1971 | ZK-DBL | Whakatane District Flying School | near Karapiro, Waikato | |
unk | |
| 25 December 1976 | ZK-DBL | Nairn Aviation Ltd | Barrytown, West Coast | |
unk | |
| 4 January 1977 | ZK-DBL | Nairn Aviation Ltd | Kahurangi Point, West Coast | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 11-Aug-2020 07:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2021 01:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 06-Oct-2021 21:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Feb-2022 03:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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