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| Date: | Tuesday 4 January 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BJF |
| MSN: | 31258 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tokanui, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Farm airstrip at Tokanui |
| Gore Aerodrome NZGC | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: Errol Colvin R.I.P.
The aircraft was returning to base. At the controls was a loader driver, Errol Colvin, who held a Private Pilot Licence. Accompanying him was the agricultural flying rated commercial pilot who had been flying the Cessna during the day's operations.
The aircraft snagged a wire of an old fenceline during the take off run and crashed heavily. Both occupants survived the crash with injuries, but those of Errol Colvin were severe and he died the following day.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
NZ Register
http://skyviking.net/svwp/?p=412
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/25189/pilot-cessna-crashed-southland-1966
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 28-Jul-2014 19:49 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Mar-2017 00:02 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Mar-2017 00:09 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, ] |
| 14-Mar-2017 00:18 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 19-Mar-2017 01:54 | angels one five | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2018 16:24 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 06:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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