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| Date: | Tuesday 6 July 1965 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Gyro Heating Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CAU |
| MSN: | 185-0211 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bridge Pa Aerodrome, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ardmore |
| Bridge Pa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Set alight by suspected drug seekers as first aid kit was n the ground nearby. Incident was some two years after morphine had been withdrawn from kits.
Sources:
H j Munro. Owner
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 11-Dec-2021 08:13 | HJM | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2022 03:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 31-Jan-2022 22:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
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