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| Date: | Sunday 10 February 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW 19 |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GKC |
| MSN: | 19015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Drury Airfield, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Drury |
| Drury | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: Kerrin Ann Williamson.
Wing runner dropped wing during takeoff and pilot lost control
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
CAA Accident Brief 85-020
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 February 1979 | ZK-GKC | A R Cameron | 0 | Kaimai Range | |
sub |
| 31 December 1986 | ZK-GKC | Auckland Gliding Club | 0 | near Tokoroa, Waikato | |
sub |
| 19 January 1990 | ZK-GKC | Private | 0 | Glen Lyon Station, Canterbury | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 10-May-2011 07:17 | karaka | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Damage, Plane category, ] |
| 06-Jun-2011 04:36 | karaka | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, ] |
| 07-Jul-2021 12:48 | KevBen | Updated [Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2021 19:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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