ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70252
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| Date: | Thursday 3 December 2009 |
| Time: | 11:50 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Supermarine 509 Spitfire T Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | Lasbrook Holdings Limited |
| Registration: | ZK-WDQ |
| MSN: | CBAF 5487 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Ardmore Airport, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ardmore - NZAR | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Spitfire is reported to have bounced badly on landing, collapsing the undercarriage and skidding off the runway on its belly.
The pilot is reported to be uninjured.
The aircraft has only been returned to flying condition recently ( 23 November ) after a similar landing accident at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, in January by the same pilot.
Sources:
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=108084&fm=newsmain,nrhl
http://web.archive.org/web/20091207014340/http://tvnz.co.nz:80/national-news/rare-spitfire-crash-lands-in-sth-auckland-3225249
http://www.nzpaimages.co.nz/events.php?event_id=9318
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1948 | MH367 | EFS RAF | 0 | RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England |  |
w/o |
Images:
Ardmore 3Dec2009
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2009 19:37 | angels one five | Added |
| 02-Dec-2009 20:04 | angels one five | Updated |
| 02-Dec-2009 21:36 | slowkid | Updated |
| 02-Dec-2009 23:20 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 02-Dec-2009 23:34 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 03-Dec-2009 01:30 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 03-Dec-2009 08:34 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Dec-2009 11:39 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 04-Dec-2009 09:15 | Anon. | Updated |
| 04-Dec-2009 15:36 | angels one five | Updated |
| 04-Dec-2009 19:13 | angels one five | Updated |
| 19-Dec-2009 00:44 | flyernzl | Updated |
| 22-Apr-2010 02:21 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2022 04:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
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