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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Dennis Thompson International Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BRI |
| MSN: | 33690 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Whangarei, Northland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: David Culham.
Pilotless runaway accident as the result of a ' hand propping ' attempt. Waipaipai Airstrip, north east of Whangarei.
Ex N5960B.
Scrapped. Some components used in the rebuild of Cessna 180 ZK-BFT.
Registration canceled February, 1991.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
NZ Register
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/12321/cessna-180s-nz?q=BRI
http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz11727/Waipaipai-Stream/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 April 1957 | ZK-BRI | Tauranga Air Services Ltd | 0 | Tauranga, Bay of Plenty 1 | |
unk |
| 11 September 1957 | ZK-BRI | Tauranga Air Services Ltd | Feilding, Manawatu 2 | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Mar-2017 23:27 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 04:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2022 00:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
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