Date:	Friday 18 November 1983
Time:
Type:	Slingsby T.50 Skylark 4
Owner/operator:	Eastern Bay of Plenty Gliding Club
Registration:	ZK-GDM
MSN:	FMD46
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Location:	near Manawahe, Bay of Plenty 3 -   New Zealand
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Kawerau
Destination airport:	Rotorua
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
While being towed by Auster J/1B ZK-AYU from Kawerau to Rotorua, the Auster went into a spin and the glider had trouble getting released. Eventually the glider broke free, but there not enough height for recovery and the glider crashed. The pilot was uninjured.
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: Ian Raymond Todd.

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aviation Historical society of New Zealand, Journal Vol 27 No 1, 1984.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


26 July 1975	ZK-GDM	I M Pride & A A Schulte		near Matamata, Waikato		unk
18 February 1984	ZK-GDM	Eastern Bay of Plenty Gliding Club		near Matamata, Waikato		unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jan-2011 14:00	ASN archive
14-May-2018 11:28	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
06-Oct-2021 21:07	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
14-Feb-2022 03:12	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]