ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62933
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| Date: | Saturday 20 September 2003 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  Fletcher FU-24-950M |
| Owner/operator: | Super Air Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BDS |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Matawai, East Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during bad weather. Andrew Wilde was flying and George Muir was a passenger. While enroute from Motu - Opotiki the gully became un-negotiable, so Andrew decided to return to Motu by flying a reciprical course low level, depicted by arrows on his hand held marine GPS. During the return trip to Motahora up the Otara river valley, he found that the cloud base had lowered even further than when he entered the valley 6 minutes prior & he became fully reliant on that little GPS. The GPS became our enemy & lured Andrew into the cloud base, which ended our flight abruptly.
Sources:
George Muir. Loader driver & passenger during this flight. Contact details 0275735674
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 12-Dec-2010 11:46 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2018 13:01 | Jad | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2018 19:20 | Jad | Updated [Photo] |
| 11-Feb-2022 11:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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