Date:	Sunday 27 March 1960
Time:
Type:	Cessna 180 Skywagon
Owner/operator:	Airspread Ltd
Registration:	ZK-BGI
MSN:	31018
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Location:	Ohiwa Harbour, Bay of Plenty 3 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
While topdressing close to Ohiwa Harbour, the aircraft crashed into the water. Pilot Wally S Bell.

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
J Geelen (1983) The Topdressers, NZ Aviation Press

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


4 February 1959	ZK-BGI	Airspread Ltd	0	Waihi, Waikato		unk
20 April 1965	ZK-BGI	Hewett Aviation Ltd	0	Mossburn, Southland		unk
19 February 1972	ZK-BGI	Mangapapa Land Co Ltd		Whitford, Auckland		unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
20-May-2018 00:17	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
25-May-2018 00:22	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
06-Oct-2021 20:47	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
04-Feb-2022 05:39	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
14-Feb-2022 03:20	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]