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| Date: | Tuesday 29 October 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster 5 |
| Owner/operator: | T G Harris & M Higgins |
| Registration: | ZK-AYB |
| MSN: | 895 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Springs Junction, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ex-RAF Auster MT124: to G-ALEY 12/10/1948. UK registration cancelled 14/11/1950 as "sold abroard to New Zealand". To ZK-AYB in 1.51. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Springs Junction near Lewis Pass, New Zealand 29/10/1957: pilot Thomas Harris
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
http://web.archive.org/web/20070211071306/http://www.edcoatescollection.com:80/ac2/NZNZ/ZK-AYB.html
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ALEY.pdf
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=789
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p08.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 11-Dec-2012 14:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Dec-2012 14:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, ] |
| 24-Jan-2022 05:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ] |
| 07-Feb-2022 04:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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