ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62455
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Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1971 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Cessna 180C |
Owner/operator: | Auger Aircraft Ltd |
Registration: | ZK-BVV |
MSN: | 50829 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Palmerston, Otago -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Mussel Point |
Destination airport: | NZDN |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:pilot Ronald James Auger. Aircraft crashed during an attempted forced landing due to failing light. The pilot initially approached to land on a road but changed his mind and turned at very low level towards a paddock, which resulted in a wing tip clipping the top wire of a fence.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 personal recollection (I went to collect Ron from the crash site)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
29-Oct-2015 23:38 |
eurostar |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
17-Feb-2022 02:45 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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