ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61624
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| Date: | Monday 28 February 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW-15 |
| Owner/operator: | F H Desborough |
| Registration: | ZK-GGN |
| MSN: | 15059 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Tarawera Airstrip, Bay of Plenty 3 -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot B Kelly. Actual strip location not specified, but its not Mt Tarawera airstrip, which opened in Dec 1979. Most likely the Tarawera Forest airstrip, adjacent to Tarawera Road and not far from the Tarawera Falls. This strip has now been largely planted over, except for a helipad and dam still on site.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Don Stafford, 1983, Flying The Thermal Skies, Thermalart Productions.
3. New Zealand Wings, Dec 1974.
4. Personal knowledge of Tarawera Falls area.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 January 1972 | ZK-GGN | F H Desborough | Benmore Range, Canterbury | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Sep-2021 13:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn] |
| 25-Sep-2021 14:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2021 21:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 16-Feb-2022 06:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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