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| Date: | Sunday 28 October 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  APNZ Fletcher FU-24-950 |
| Owner/operator: | Rowley Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-DJF |
| MSN: | 177 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hokitika Airport, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Hokitika Aerodrome, NZHK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Fletcher was engaged in dropping parachutists, 2km South East of Hokitika Airport.
The ripcord of the reserve parachute of one of the jumpers was snagged as he climbed out of the cockpit and the chute streamed and began to deploy. The jumper struck the tailplane as he was dragged aft, damaging it, and the Fletcher went out of control and dived into the ground.
The remaining parachutists all escaped the crashing plane by the use of their parachutes but the pilot, who was not wearing a parachute, was killed in the crash.
The jumper whose reserve had accidentally deployed suffered a head injury which rendered him unconscious briefly but landed safely.
John Douglas Slocombe.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 September 1979 | ZK-DJF | Rowley Aviation Ltd | Springs Junction, West Coast | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 25-May-2011 16:59 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2011 03:57 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2013 11:15 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-May-2013 11:19 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2022 21:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2022 23:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 10-Feb-2022 14:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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