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| Date: | Sunday 10 January 1965 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Druine D.31 Turbulent |
| Owner/operator: | Canterbury Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-CAC |
| MSN: | PFA/506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Omaramara, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Omaramara, Canterbury, NZ | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
ZK-CAC (c/n PFA/506) was registered to Aviation Sales and Service Ltd of Palmerston North and its first flight was on 6/10/62. It was delivered to Len Hunter of Christchurch on 11/11/62 and it was hired to the Canterbury Aero Club from July 1963. Substantially damaged 10/1/65 when crashed at Omaramara; pilot L W Hunter.
Repaired and returned to service; re-registered to John Caston of Auckland from 26/6/68
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/druine-turbulents-of-new-zealand-2.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omarama
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 26-May-2014 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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