ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58727
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| Date: | Thursday 18 October 1973 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-150 Apache D |
| Owner/operator: | Zanden Holdings Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BLP |
| MSN: | 23-1089 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Ohope, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wellington WLG |
| Whakatane WHK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Apache was on a private flight from Wellington to Whakatane.
A few miles short of its destination one engine, and then the other, failed owing to fuel exhaustion.
The Apache was ditched in the sea successfully approximately half a mile off shore from the western end of the beach at Ohope. Both occupants exited the aircraft. The pilot drowned before he could reach the beach, however his young son managed to swim to safety.
Sources:
1. NZ Register & other.
2. NZ MOT Aircraft Accident Report No 73-124
3. NZ MOT, 1974, Flight Safety, Vol 2 No 2
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 June 1966 | ZK-BLP | Golden Coast Airlines Ltd | New Plymouth, Taranaki | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2009 00:17 | angels one five | Added |
| 22-May-2009 02:32 | XLerate | Updated |
| 24-May-2009 03:41 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Sep-2012 21:58 | LATERON2 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2018 05:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2018 00:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2018 05:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-May-2018 07:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Sep-2021 01:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Oct-2021 21:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Jan-2022 00:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Feb-2022 19:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 02:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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