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| Date: | Friday 12 October 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BGM |
| MSN: | 31139 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waikawau/Awakino, King Country -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Farm airstrip |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Collided with a hillside during an aerial topdressing sortie. Pilot Noel W. McCready killed.
R.I.P.
ZK-BGM was rebuilt as ZK-BMU.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ItemAdvancedSearch.do
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/12321/cessna-180s-nz?page=15
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 1955 | ZK-BGM | Northern Air Services Ltd | 0 | Tupuwae, King Country | |
sub |
| 15 January 1971 | ZK-BMU | Poplars Airstrip, Canterbury | |
unk | ||
| 1 August 1975 | ZK-BMU | Whirl-Wide Helicopters Ltd | 0 | Kaikoura, Canterbury | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Jul-2009 18:55 | angels one five | Updated |
| 22-Feb-2016 09:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, ] |
| 09-Mar-2016 17:57 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Mar-2017 07:28 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2018 20:34 | Wingnut | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 25-Jan-2022 03:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 05:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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