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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Morane-Saulnier MS.880B Rallye |
| Owner/operator: | Argo Finance Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CGY |
| MSN: | 5349 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Pukekohe, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Frankton |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Rallye Club c/n 5349 became ZK-CGY with Seabrook Fowlds on 21.5.1964 (first registration date). This aircraft went to the Northern Wairoa Aero Club at Dargaville, presumably as a replacement for ZK-CDC. Substantially damaged in an accident at Maungakaramea, NZ 21.6.1964: pilot A J C Nowell
Later repaired and returned to service. In June 1970, ownership was transferred to Argo Finance Ltd., Auckland who hired it to G Roberts, Frankton. Substantially damaged in an accident on 9.1.1971 (pilot G Roberts); later repaired and returned to service.
Sold to R A Cotton, Te Awamutu, who took ownership on 15.8.1973, and passed it on to R J Ormond, Culverden from 12.7.1976. The final owner of ZK-CGY was M H McLeod of Raumati South from 19.12.1989.
This Rallye was damaged in a storm at Paraparaumu 31.1.1991 and was written off, with the registration being cancelled on 30.1.1992.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/rallye.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1964 | ZK-CGY | Northern Wairoa Aero Club | 0 | Maungakaramea, Northland | |
sub |
| 13 January 1965 | ZK-CGY | Northern Wairoa Aero Club | Ruawai, Northland | |
unk | |
| 1 February 1975 | ZK-CGY | R A Cotton | 0 | Te Rore, Waikato | |
unk |
| 8 August 1980 | ZK-CGY | R J Ormond | Pukeiti, Taranaki | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 21-Aug-2009 04:21 | flyernzl | Updated |
| 05-Sep-2014 01:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Sep-2014 01:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2022 05:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 19:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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