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
Other fatalities:	0
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.

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
personal recollection (I went to collect Ron from the crash site)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


21 July 1972

ZK-BVV

near Morrinsville, Waikato

unk

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, ]