ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64565
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89B Dominie |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Scenic Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-AKS |
| MSN: | 6647 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mt Soho, near Arrowtown, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Wellington, New Zealand |
c/no.6647: Taken on charge as HG648 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a at 76 MU 13.5.43. Shipped to Auckland, New Zealand on the s.s."Sussex" 4.8.43; arrived 5.9.43. To RNZAF as NZ523 8.9.43; assembled at Hobsonville. In Fiji during November 1943 before being allocated to the Communications Flight. Returned to Hobsonville 6.11.45. Sold to NZNAC from No.42 Squadron on 31.7.46
Registered ZK-AKS 25.7.46 to New Zealand National Airways Corporation, Wellington; named "Teatea", later "Tara". Regd 11.9.56 to Southern Scenic Air Services Ltd, Queenstown.
Crashed into ridge on Mount Soho, near Arrowtown, 23 mls NE of Queenstown 15.6.65 when pilot [T. Crawford] lost the horizon - caught in white-out during a flight with the Dagg Brothers of Coronet Peak Station looking at places to snow-rake sheep out. All five on board uninjured. Registration cancelled 29.6.65. Some small parts salvaged by "Swissair" group [see ZK-SWR]; officially on rebuild [1998] by Croydon Aircraft Co, Mandeville.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh89.htm
4. D. Rendel, 1975, Civil Aviation in New Zealand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 05-Jun-2009 19:53 | angels one five | Updated |
| 23-Jan-2010 09:23 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 28-Dec-2011 11:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2022 09:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2022 04:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Nov-2023 07:22 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2023 11:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 20-Nov-2023 20:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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