ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215210
Last updated: 21 February 2019
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | 08-SEP-2018 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-TNB |
| C/n / msn: | 74 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nightcaps, north of Invercargill, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
The ultralight plane crashed under unknown circumstances in Taringatura forest. The pilot was flying with a group and became separated from them, he died in the crash.
Sources:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/man-dies-after-plane-crashes-into-hill-in-southland
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/106938194/man-dies-in-southland-microlight-plane-crash
https://www.caa.govt.nz/script/aircraft-register-query/AircraftClassificationForm
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/106961935/hamilton-pharmacist-dies-in-microlight-crash
Images:
Raglan 2Nov2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2018 08:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Sep-2018 20:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 09-Sep-2018 23:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 10-Sep-2018 09:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 10-Sep-2018 09:13 | angels one five | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Sep-2018 04:21 | flyernzl | Updated [Photo] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description