ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62943
Last updated: 8 February 2021
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| Date: | 05-MAR-1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna U206 floatplane |
| Owner/operator: | Ritchie Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CHQ |
| C/n / msn: | U2060314 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake McKerrow, Fiordland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
pilot I Ritchie. Tipped over by large wave when landing to pick up a group of hunters. Pilot wet but uninjured.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/shower-of-spray-and-were-away-nz.html
3. John King, 1995, New Zealand Tragedies Aviation Accidents and Disasters, Grantham House.
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 Dec 1965 | ZK-CHQ | Ritchie Air Services Ltd | 0 | Lake Gunn, Fiordland |  |
sub |
| 17 Mar 1974 | ZK-CHQ | Mount Cook Air Services Ltd | Lake Alabaster, Fiordland | |
sub |
Images:
Photo of ZK-CHQ courtesy AirHistory.net
Te Anau - Seaplane
15 November 1975; (c) Daniel Tanner
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Jul-2016 11:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 02-Aug-2020 21:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2020 21:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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