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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1965 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Air Contracts Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CGS |
| MSN: | 802 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tinui, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed at Awatea Station and was destroyed by fire.
The aircraft appeared to have touched a fence after take-off from a farm airstrip The plane crashed within 20ft of the crest of a hill.
At the time of the crash the plane was carrying about half a ton of fertiliser and an almost full load of fuel.
Sources:
1. http://www.dhc-2.com/cn802.html
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19650527.2.11?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=100&query=tinui&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=06-05-1965
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2010 16:12 | angels one five | Added |
| 10-Jul-2011 08:44 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jul-2011 08:57 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-May-2018 01:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Sep-2021 21:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 16-Aug-2023 05:47 | sooty59 | Updated |
| 16-Aug-2023 05:49 | harro | Updated |
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