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| Date: | Wednesday 8 July 1987 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Sunflower Airlines |
| Registration: | DQ-FEB |
| MSN: | 27-130 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Malolo lailai Islands -
 Fiji
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | NFFO |
| NFFO | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: D Sapwell. Aircraft crashed into and sank in the Pacific Ocean in Fiji.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 I was an eye witness
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 13-Oct-2019 06:08 | Thomas2448 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 14-Oct-2019 06:23 | Thomas2448 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2021 02:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-Sep-2024 16:40 | ASN | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, ] |
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