Incident Schleicher Ka 6CR Rhönsegler ZK-GBU, Saturday 30 September 1972
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Date:Saturday 30 September 1972
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ask6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Schleicher Ka 6CR Rhönsegler
Owner/operator:Nelson Gliding Club
Registration: ZK-GBU
MSN: 619
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Wakefield, Nelson -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
pilot John Wilkinson

Sources:

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

26 December 1967 ZK-GBU Nelson Gliding Club 0 Nelson unk
6 November 1970 ZK-GBU Nelson Gliding Club Five Rivers, Southland unk
30 December 1982 ZK-GBU M Wehrle & D R Boyd Walton, Waikato unk

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
15-Feb-2022 02:55 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
01-Mar-2022 03:20 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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