ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267885
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| Date: | Monday 1 April 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C.17L |
| Owner/operator: | Communications Flt RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ573 |
| MSN: | 107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Opotiki Airfield, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Auckland |
| Gisborne |
Aircraft crashed into deep ditch at end of runway 27 while landing. Had arrived from Auckland to pick up patient for transfer to Gisborne. Pilot uninjured, but aircraft badly damaged. NZ573 dismantled and taken by truck to RNZAF Hobsonville.
Sources:
1. Opotiki News, 3 April 1940
2. NZDF Serials - Beech 17.
3. D. Duxbury, R. Ewing, R. McPherson, 1987, Aircraft of the RNZAF, Heinemann.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 February 1943 | NZ573 | Communications Flt RNZAF | 0 | Tauhara Airfield, Taupo | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2021 01:07 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 23-Sep-2021 03:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 06-Oct-2021 20:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 02:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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